…and were designed to appeal to shoppers looking for convenience, while Wal-Mart’s Neighborhood Markets stock fresh meat and produce. In January, Wal-Mart announced it would close all 102 of its…
$1 Billion Ag Fund
…driving the investment. The end products for export to China are likely to include high-protein health supplements, tonics, pills and sports drinks, as well as vitamins. From the National Association…
California Citrus Challenges: Water Tops HLB
…early in the season like it and keep buying it. Nelsen says California supplies 85 percent of the United States’ fresh citrus. After the U.S., top markets for California citrus…
Tomato growers reduce acreage to match markets
…against the euro has hurt tomato paste exports, which dropped 14 percent last year, Montna said, but noted the world’s crop also fell about 3 million tons due to weather…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…decisions” should not be rushed. (The 2012 GOP platform said a Republican president should finish the trade talks begun in 2008 “to open rapidly developing Asian markets to U.S. products.”)…
Drought Resistant Plants
…USDA Zones 4-10 Also known as tunas in Mexican markets, this watermelon-colored fruit has a thirst-quenching tropical flavor, excellent for eating out of hand or for flavoring a drink. The…
Funding for Urban Ag Conservation
…District (CD) will use its $50,000 grant to provide technical assistance to a number of urban gardens, farmers markets, and community supported agriculture (CSA) projects in Middletown, Connecticut. ECCD staff…
Women-In-Ag Trade Mission to the Far East in September
…for starting or increasing sales in these markets. The trip also allows participants to understand the roles that women play in China’s agricultural industry. Hong Kong and Shanghai were picked…
IndexBox Marketing: Orange Market In Crisis
…the volume of processing and volume of concentrated juice supply to the foreign markets. Indeed, global exports of concentrated orange juice have slowed their pace. In 2014, the volume of…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…above D-1641 requirements. A variety of methods may be used to augment outflow, including transfers from willing sellers, changes in export or other CVP/SWP Delta operations, and/or storage releases. These…
CA Welcomes Farmers Market Proclamation
…has approximately 700 certified farmers markets and about 2,200 certified producers selling in the markets. A little more than half are year-round. The rest are seasonal. These markets are now…
Strong May Results for U.S. Beef, Pork Exports
Red meat exports from the United States gained momentum in May with shipments of both beef and pork increasing significantly. Data released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the…
Ireland Allowed to Ship Beef for Grinding to the U.S.
…U.S. government in January 2015 reopened its borders but limited imports of Irish beef to intact product. The decision allows both sides to approve Irish beef plants to export beef…
Agri View: Money Crops
…crop land, farm cash receipts from this sector account for 13 percent of the total receipts for all agricultural commodities and 7 percent for all crops. Foreign markets serve as…