…balancing act of developing new strawberry varieties, the plan to protect the Colorado River system, and data related to farm estates and tax returns. Tune in to the show for…
Bonnie: Conservation Efforts Will Remain Voluntary
…need the data to be able to prove this, to demonstrate that this approach can work. So, we’re making big investments with resources in the Inflation Reduction Act to make…
Chickweed Management Questions Raised by Resistance Concerns
…poorly controlled chickweed can be contradictory. Clark said their work seeks to find some better clarity with data specific to California cropping systems. In the meantime, growers are encouraged to…
Food Spending Decreased Unevenly Across States in 2020
…fresh data from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS). Inflation-adjusted total U.S. food expenditures were 6.6 percent lower in 2020 than in 2019. However, individual states experienced varying degrees of food…
Socially Disadvantaged Farms Concentrated in South and West
Some areas of the nation are more likely than others to have socially disadvantaged farms. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Data from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS)…
Rodale Institute Applauds USDA Investments in Organic Farmers
…Recent USDA data shows farms and ranches in the United States sold over $11 billion in certified organic commodities in 2021, a 13 percent increase from 2019. From the National…
Report Shows Organic Food Sales Hit a New Milestone in 2022
…second most successful category with a four percent increase in sales totaling $9 billion. Sales of organic dairy and eggs increased by seven percent, according to survey data. The products…
Apples and Oranges Top U. S. Fruit Choices
…2021 at more than 26 pounds per person after adjusting for losses. USDA’s Economic Research Service’s (ERS) loss-adjusted food availability data adjusts the data for food spoilage, plate waste, and…
Federal Recommendations on Nutrients Differ from Consumer Intake
…1,000 calories—using the latest available national food consumption survey data collected in 2017–18. They compared average consumption densities of six nutrients with what would be needed to match Dietary Guidelines…
Almond Matters: Pest Management in Tree Nuts
…in other tree nuts. “If you’ve got pistachios, there’s Gill’s mealybug. If it’s problematic, Senstar is really good there. I worked on data trials to support that registration. It had…
May Snow Survey Still Shows Abundant Snowpack
…with a snow water equivalent of 30 inches. The measurements represent 241 percent of the average for May 1 at that location. “No matter how you look at the data,…
Hemp Report Shows Considerable Drop in Acreage and Value
…million the year prior. Data compiled in the report comes from surveys sent to thousands of hemp farmers across the country. Planted hemp acreage declined by nearly 48 percent, down…
Millions of U.S. Seniors Face Food Insecurity
…data is available. Food insecurity among seniors did not change significantly between 2020 and 2021, going from 6.8% to 7.1%. However, consistent with the overall population, seniors of color experience…
Still Time to Respond to the 2022 Census of Agriculture
…However, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Administrator Hubert Hamer said they will continue to accept responses from producers. “We’re in the throes of the data collection activity right now. Actually,…