…year, the one-year period beginning after the 2015 harvest and ending after the 2016 harvest. Data are available online for all 28 vegetables through the Quick Stats 2.0 database at…
Trucks Carry Majority of NAFTA Freight
…Broadcasting News Service. from Bureau of Transportation Statistics May 2017 North American Freight Numbers View Table Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, https://transborder.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ Download Excel Tables U.S.-NAFTA…
Japan Beef Tariff Increase Highlights Need for Trade Agreement
…and punish both producers and consumers. Japan was the top export market for U.S. beef, valued at $1.5 billion in 2016. According to data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export…
Funding for Research to Improve Livestock and Aquaculture
…and efficiency of animal production in a variety of ways, such as through the creation of genetic databases, enhanced breeding methods, and research on the cellular, molecular, genetic, or whole-animal…
Folta: Ben and Jerry’s Report Work of Bad Science
…York Times. There was a time before the manufactured clickbait news era when scientific information had to pass peer review before a reporter would write a piece about it. Data…
UC Asian Citrus Psyllid Scouts Trying to Avert Huanglongbing Disaster
…a collaboration with California Citrus Mutual to offer free citrus tree removal to homeowners in areas where HLB is known to occur. The second is modeling data from the CDFA…
EWG Study Finds High Nitrate Levels in Rural Drinking Water Systems
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) says rural water systems have high levels of nitrates. A new report and database released by EWG this week found that the 30 utilities with…
Readout on Principals Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force
…groups, which are gathering recommendations on issues regarding the quality of life in rural America; the rural workforce; innovation, technology, and data; and economic development. The meeting participants held a…
SoftBank Investing in Indoor Vertical Farming Company
…today, Plenty says it uses custom sensors feeding data-enabled systems resulting in finely-tuned environmental controls to produce greens with superior flavor. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: 2017 Farm Census
…census every 5 years. Why so frequently? Well, this is the only source of information, comprehensive and impartial data, which covers every county in the nation. So, who uses it?…
U.S. DDGS Exports Up 16 Percent To Southeast Asia
U.S. exports of distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to Southeast Asia have increased 16 percent so far this marketing year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
EPA To Hold RFS Hearing Next Month
…billion gallons. In a notice posted to its website, the EPA said the hearing aims to provide interested parties the opportunity to present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposal….
Germany Pork Consumption at 11 Year Low
…plunged 10 percent since 2011, to about two million tons last year, according to data compiled by researcher Euromonitor International. Over the same period, demand has increased in neighboring Poland,…
Groundwater Planning Moves into Next Phase
…different sources of groundwater data for affected basins. Ten GSAs have been formed within the boundaries of Tulare County, and the county government will act as a GSA for any…