…more self-reliant in getting healthy, nutritious food,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. Recent USDA data indicates that we are making tremendous headway in battling hunger and food insecurity across America….
Millennials and Organic: a winning combination
…for OTA members purchasing the study. For more information, contact Angela Jagiello at ajagiello@ota.com. * Latest U.S. Census Bureau data puts number of Millennials in the U.S. at 75.4 million….
Agri View: Butter or Margarine?
Everett Griner talks about some of the differences between butter and margarine in today’s Agri View. Butter or Margarine? What’s in your refrigerator? Butter or margarine? According to data recently…
Antibiotic Resistance Can Occur Naturally in Soil Bacteria
…and cefotaxime—two commonly prescribed antibiotics that treat a wide variety of infections—and nearly half of the samples contained bacteria resistant to two or more antibiotics. According to Durso, data from…
Farm Groups Cautious of Merger Trend
…Chemical Corporation, Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., and Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. According to market data, these deals would result in a combined three companies controlling more than…
Food Products Database
…to make more data on food and nutrition available and usable gathered recently at the International Open Data Summit. Woteki Dr. Catherine Woteki says Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack was also…
Ag Confidence Continues to Decline
…of the index. One year ago, the ACI was a more neutral 98. The data reflects a 27 percent drop in confidence from last year. A poll organizer says the…
Farm Equipment Sales Mixed in 2016
…in the newest data available from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). U.S. retail sales for two-wheel drive tractors under 40 horsepower gained 21 percent in August, and are 11…
Agri View: Education Opportunity for a Veteran
…from active duty face many challenges. The Department of Labor reports that as of May 2010, over 20 percent of young veterans are unemployed. Moreover, recent data show that 45…
Beef Production Up Five Percent in 2016.
…data is showing steers are four pounds heavier than last year and heifers are eight pounds larger than a year ago. There’s no question an increase in beef production will…
Certified Organic Production Sales Up 13 Percent
…Survey included farms exempt from certification and those transitioning to certification, but the 2014 data included in this release are for certified farms only and therefore comparable to 2015 data….
Water Board Declares Water War on Merced and Stanislaus Counties
…For settlement discussions to be successful, Chairwoman Felicia Marcus needs to direct her staff and consultants to meet with local interests and discuss in detail their assumptions, data, and conclusions….
Pork Producers Can Challenge Information Release
…central database, which EPA did three years ago and then gave that information to environmental groups through Freedom of Information Act requests. The panel said the EPA’s extensive data collection…
CA Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report
…estimating production. The varieties forecast in this report include conventional, organic, and specialty Navel oranges (including Cara Cara and Blood orange varieties). Survey data indicated a fruit set per tree…