…retailers across the country have jumped 11 percent this year and will likely go higher as farmers continue to struggle with their cash flow balances. Fertilizers usually account for half…
Agri View: Feral Hog Image
…to farmers they are still the same nuisance they have always been. They still do damage in the millions of dollars. Now we know they carry diseases that can be…
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Pacific Trade good for the Midwest
…Trans-Pacific Partnership would leave farmers in the Midwest vulnerable because trade is a competitive game and market share is always in flux. The editorial calls trade a healthy form of…
Small Drone Rules Set to Take Effect
…test guide and sample questions, to help you prepare for the knowledge test. You can review the materials by clicking on the “Knowledge Test Prep Part 107” button at www.faa.gov/uas….
Comments Reopened on Import of Lemons from Chile
…for fresh lemon fruit from Chile in a subsequent notice. Comments on the proposed rule can be submitted until September 26, 2016, on-line at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS 2015-0051 or by mail at:…
APHIS Proposes Import of Fresh Raspberry Fruit
…continental United States under a systems approach to include registration of growing areas with the government of Morocco, inspections, and a phytosanitary certificate to ensure the fruit was inspected and…
APHIS Proposes Import of Fresh Persimmon Fruit
…with the proposed requirements. APHIS will consider all comments that we receive on or before October 25, 2016, at the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Comments can be submitted online at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0052…
Monsanto Pulls GM Cottonseed Application in India
…long-running dispute” between India and Monsanto. A business partner from India for the St Louis, Missouri-based Monsanto recently sent a letter to India’s government objecting a proposal to force Monsanto…
Farm, Dairy Groups Praise USDA Surplus Cheese Purchases
…says the announcement will “help alleviate the tough realities of the market and keep family farmers in business.” Farm Bureau and the National Milk Producers Federation had asked USDA to…
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
…is one of the strategies already in play. Grower liaisons work with other farmers in their area to synchronize psyllid treatments. That strategy is more effective, speakers said, because psyllids…
Western View: Just What is Ag Big Data
Big Data is a new crop that farmers are growing now, often without even being aware of it. Yet it’s a crop that has value, and farmers need to protect…
Poll Shows Support for TPP
…and U.S. farmers while less than one in 10, or eight percent, oppose. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Read more here from The American Farm Bureau….
Agri View: What is a Farmer?
Everett Griner talks about the concept of the farmer in today’s Agri View. What is a Farmer? You know to most of us the term farmers refers to a men…
Delta Habitat Restoration Project Documents Released
…and the proposed Prospect Island Tidal Habitat Restoration Project can be found here: http://www.water.ca.gov/environmentalservices/frpa_prospect_restoration.cfm The DEIR is available for public review for a 45-day comment period, from Tuesday, August 23,…