Everett Griner talks about beef, pork and chicken prices still rising in today’s Agri View. Meat Prices Up…
Food Prices Continue to Rise
Your grocery bill may continue to creep up. Gary Crawford has more. Food Prices Still Rising…
AZ/CA/NV Direct Feeder Cattle Review
…weighing 300-325 lbs. Heifers accounted for percent of total supply. Cattle weighing over 600 lbs. totaled percent. Unless otherwise stated, prices fob shipping point with 2-3 percent shrink or equivalent…
Some Seeing Lower Pear Numbers
…in Sutter and Yuba counties. She says the lack of cold weather during the chilling period brought the yield numbers down yet quality and prices made for a good season….
Nation’s Ag Co-ops Set Record for Annual Sales and Income
…and livestock, co-ops are also major players in the farm supply market. Co-op sales of petroleum, feed, seed and crop protectants were all up in 2013. Fertilizer sales declined, the…
Old Contracts Saving Consumers Money
Why hasn’t the drought in California caused huge run-ups in fruit and vegetable prices? Old Contracts Saving Consumers Money…
USDA Unveils Key New Programs to Help Farmers Manage Risk
…programs offer farmers protection when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices and/or revenues. Producers will have through early spring of 2015 to select which program works best for…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Unveils Key New Risk Management Programs
…ended direct payments. Both programs offer farmers protection when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices and/or revenues. Producers will have through early spring of 2015 to select which…
California Shell Eggs: Daily Egg Report
Benchmark prices are steady. Asking prices for next week are 2 cents lower on Jumbo, 2 cents higher for Extra Large and Large and 6 cents higher for Medium and…
Large Crop Dropping Rice, Cotton Prices
…there will be less rice and cotton yield than projected last month, a huge forecasted yearly increase is driving prices down. Gary Crawford explains. Large Crop Dropping Rice, Cotton Prices…
California’s Fertilizer Research Conference Comes to Modesto October 29-30, 2014
(From CDFA) The California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Western Plant Health Association are hosting their 22nd annual fertilizer research conference at the DoubleTree Hotel in Modesto on…
Drought Has Strengthened Bond to Ag
…desk. Some growers in the state are paying a high cost for water now, and although that water may not be there in the future, they also can’t afford prices…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
…markets for water quality and have shown how farmers and ranchers may use fertilizer, water and energy more efficiently. Since 2009 through this year’s funding, 323 projects were or are…
Water and the California Farmer – Don Cameron
…“We eliminate evaporation from the soil surface and provide uniform distribution of water and reduce fertilizer usage along with producing a 28 percent higher yield. We no longer have excess…