…August 31 was estimated at 1.64 million acres. Data for the same period last year showed 1.66 million acres. “The drop was accounted for in the non-bearing acres, which then…
AFBF Says Check Rural Broadband Map
…a huge step from where we used to be where broadband data availability was based off of census block level data. American Farm Bureau was a strong proponent of the…
VofV: Eurofins U.S. Chief Science Officer Joelle Mosso on Why Testing Can’t Solve Food Safety Problems
…safety really, really hard to handle.” The discussion shifts toward the benefits and limitations of testing. Mosso notes that the value of data collected from testing is in the utilization…
Winter Storm Brings Rain and Snow, But Drought Concerns Remain
…to March winter wet season.” The Data Exchange Center from the California Department of Water Resources also shows that the statewide snowpack is in a strong position as of December…
VofV: Trimble’s Mike Dentinger on Strategies to Reach the Finish Line with Global Harvest Automation
…out more at WGA.com. As the data for the next edition of Western Growers’ Global Harvest Automation Report are being crunched, Mike Dentinger, the Director of AG OEM Development at…
MSOB: Industry Effort to Increase Availability and Adoption of Biologicals
…said the initiative is a global approach to the question of biologicals. Products that are in varying stages of approval will be deployed in farming operations to gather more data…
Week in Review: New 1,3-D Rules Proposed & Better Enforcement of FIFRA
…over pesticide products. A big emphasis has been put on data sharing and collaboration as a means to address issues of food safety. Get all of the latest agricultural headlines…
American Lamb Board Sustainability Report
…of metrics, which considers the diversity of how sheep are raised and marketed. MSU gathered production data from multiple sources and calculated GHG emissions from 5 different sheep production systems…
Data Sharing a Critical Component to Improving Food Safety
…about how we prevent contaminations. The most important piece we think is critical in that is data sharing,” said York. “So, its got to be about data; aggregating that not…
Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Up 20% per Farm Bureau Survey
…18-31, before most grocery store chains began featuring whole frozen turkeys at sharply lower prices. According to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service data, the average per-pound feature price for whole frozen…
Cotton Trust Protocol Second Annual Report
…Using peer-to-peer data sharing and aggregated sustainability data provided by the Trust Protocol, its 2021-22 grower members have recorded: a 13% increase in land use efficiency and a 14% increase…
SNAP Participation Varied Across States from 2019 to 2021
…pandemic to around 12.5 percent of the total U.S. population in 2021 from about 10.9 percent in 2019. In addition, SNAP participation data in February 2019 were artificially low because…
AgNet News Hour: Thursday, 11-10-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers Tulare County’s nut theft ordinance in full effect, data needed from producers with…
Producer Perspective Sought in USDA Survey
…with you before,” said Robert Bonnie, USDA’s Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC). “This survey will provide USDA with critical data to help USDA serve all of agriculture.”…