…Agriculture Prices report compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. That data is compared to average prices for grocery items from Safeway supermarkets. About the…
Nighttime Labor Regulations Quietly Moving Fast
…gets its fiscal review by the California Department of Finance,” said AgSafe President and CEO Amy Wolfe. “That data gets pulled in with the proposed language and then that’s what…
Increase in Pesticide Use Shouldn’t Be Surprising
UC Cooperative Extension Pomology Advisor David Doll started a recent presentation with slides showing increasing pesticide data. With increasing organic acreage and a more significant push for integrated pest management…
Cattlemen, Sheep Producers Urge Senate Action
…to House leadership. “Since 2011, the best scientific and commercial data available has supported removing gray wolves from the List of Threatened and Endangered Species,” said NCBA President Kevin Kester….
Farm Bureau Survey: Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Down for Third Straight Year
…Thanksgiving dinner survey was first conducted in 1986. While Farm Bureau does not make any scientific claims about the data, it is an informal gauge of price trends around the…
Agricultural Stewardship of Water Highlighted in Survey
The Census of Agriculture data has been collected and will be released within the next few months. Shortly after the release, the 2018 Irrigation and Water Management Survey will begin….
Getting A Better Understanding of Water Conditions in Kaweah Sub-Basin
…a better understanding of overall water conditions. “We’re compiling all of the existing data that’s out there related to surface water and groundwater, and any of the inputs and outputs…
Women Are Out-Earning Men in the Business of Farming
Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that women are out-earning men as farmers, ranchers and agricultural managers. The data from 2017 shows that the weekly median salary for…
Groundwater Collection Project Gathers Data by Flying Over Regions of Land
…Kaweah GSA talk about the process of collecting data. Groundwater Collection Project Gathers Data by Flying Over Regions of Land About the Author Danielle Leal Facebook Twitter MMJ/Anchor for AgNet…
Low-Flying Helicopters Measure Groundwater in Tulare County
Rural residents in Tulare County might see low-flying helicopters over portions of the county. The helicopters will have large instruments attached to gather data on the underlying groundwater. The Greater…
IBM Trailing Blockchain in Food System
…supply chain. They went on to say that right now, the solution consists of three modules – certification, trace and data entry, and upload – with other modules in development…
Animal Welfare Doesn’t Improve with Larger Facilities
Recently published research indicates that animal welfare is not dependent on the size of the facility. The data was collected by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), a non-profit…
Drought Monitor: Wet Harvest Continues Next Week
…precipitation over much of the nation, with drier-than-normal weather limited to the West Coast and lower Southeast. The latest data from the Department of Agriculture show that the nation’s corn…
Annual Soil Health Summit Event Opens to Public for First Time
…Louis, and encourages growers and agronomists to attend. Attendees will benefit from peer-to-peer networking, collaboration, and education on the latest in soil health strategies, including new data and insights from…