…a party’s RIN holdings exceed certain thresholds and additional data collections to improve EPA market monitoring capability. These new reforms will also help EPA continue to gather the information needed to…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 05-31-19
…really good places to grow grapes, but it’s not feasible. Also, the NASS released the state and county summaries from the 2017 census data and there are a few highlights…
California Highlights in 2017 Census of Agriculture
…County Profiles break down the vast amount of data collected through the census and provides a more individualized look at American agriculture. Overall, California producers are responsible for 12 percent…
USDA Releases Baseline Data on Antimicrobial Use by Beef and Swine Operations
…feedlots and on large swine operations during 2016. The data USDA collected and studied will help animal health officials – as well as the human health community and consumers –…
Pilot Program for U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Coming in June
…to track cotton production practices to identify areas which can be updated and improved. Implementing a data collection initiative is part of the industry’s work to achieve its overall 2025…
More CA Farmers Increased Wages to Attract Qualified Farm Labor
…recent Adapting to Farm Worker Scarcity Survey for 2919 conducted by the California Farm Bureau Federation and UC Davis, data showed there was an increase in farm labor shortage despite…
Cattle Industry’s Beef Quality Assurance Program Develops, Distributes Extensive National Manual
…practices. It has six objectives focused on production standards, data retention, hands-on training and education, technical assistance and maintaining a foundation of continuous improvement and responsible cattle management. BQA encourages…
CFBF President: Labor Needs are Greater in California
California Farm Bureau (CFBF) President Jamie Johansson addressed the results of the bureau’s latest survey on farm labor. The data from the survey concluded that the labor shortage has been…
Latest DATOC Report Highlights ACP/HLB Projects
The Data Analysis and Tactical Operations Center (DATOC) recently released its first quarterly report for 2019. The DATOC report summarized some of the current projects related to combating Huanglongbing (HLB)…
USDA APHIS Launches Interactive Map to Help Livestock Producers
…identification to make the transmission of data more efficient; Enhance the ability to track animals from birth to slaughter through a system that allows tracking data points connection; and Elevate…
California Almond Acreage Increases in 2018
…with a high-quality product.” On Friday, May 10, 2019, NASS will release the 2019 Subjective Report, which provides an initial forecast of the upcoming crop. Data for the Subjective Report…
Ag Census Looks at Data Differently
…data after changing the way the they looked at the information collected. Rather than focusing on primary operators, the service looked at all people on farming operations who make important…
USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…of the Chief Economist has initiated a thorough review of the data being used in the USDM, the geographic coverage of data collection sites, and other climatological data that will…
2017 Census of Agriculture Data Now Available
…we are pleased to make the results available in many online formats including a new data query interface, as well as traditional data tables.” Census data provide valuable insights into…