U.S. food producers are expediting shipments to Mexico and seeking alternative markets as concerns rise over immigration and trade policy changes. Food producers are lining up alternative markets as business…
Agri View: Land Prices
…100 acres or less, is bringing top prices. Realtors who deal in farmland advise caution. Bankers who supply the need and money are not the least aggressive right now. Invest…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…up. As Americans, we’ve taken our advantages for granted far too long. Our abundant and affordable food and fiber supply is not by accident. Instead, it’s the direct result of…
6 Things to Know About EPA Review of Pyrethroids
…a cumulative risk assessment considering all of the pyrethroids together, combining exposure from food and water, and from uses in and around homes and on pets. Overall, pyrethroids are much…
Agri View: Hard Choices
…be facing a shortage of food right now if were not for migrant farm workers. So more than a few farmers are concerned about the incoming administration. Even now there…
NMPF Lauds New House Bill
…the House bill would compel the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action against misbranded, plant-based beverages that are inappropriately using dairy terms, especially “milk.” The measure requires the…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…(USDA/NASS) reports. The California Department of Food and Agriculture also publishes statistics related to California dairy production and, in cooperation with the University of California at Davis, statistics for California…
Agri View: Feeding America
…of us. Well, more than you think. About 21 and a half million people. Not just farmers now. I’m talking about the food industry. Those in production, processing, distribution, retail…
Almond Board Election Underway
…and five grower representatives who set policy and recommend budgets in several major areas including: production research, public relations and advertising, nutrition research, statistical reporting, quality control and food safety….
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
Almond growers and beekeepers have their fingers crossed that apiarists from California and out of state can supply the state’s 900,000 bearing acres of almond orchards with enough honeybees to…
Cattlemen Applaud Death Tax Repeal Legislation
…of the land, livestock, and equipment they use to grow food and fiber for consumers around the world. Yet the death tax forces them to pay based on the often…
Dicamba Herbicide Lawsuit Cites Endangered Species Concerns
…suit include the National Family Farm Coalition, Center for Food Safety, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Pesticide Action Network of North America. The suit was filed on January 20…
Agri View: Weather Changes
…rise? Well whatever is causing the weather changes say they will continue to exist. Here is the point. Nothing will be impacted more by climate change than food production. Think…
Pacific Region Poultry and Egg Production Report
…down 16 percent from a year ago. Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 194 thousand during December 2016, down 10 percent…