…by disrupting the synchronized timing of flower blooming and the timing at which bees pollinate. Flowers are blooming earlier in the growing season due to rising temperatures, before many bees…
Agri View: Dining Out
…services rose to a new high of nearly $1,900 a person last year, surpassing the previous peak during the housing bubble in 2006 and far above the $1,650 a person…
Milk-for-Cheese Pricing Formula Adjustment
…milk production; high levels of dairy product inventories; and, decreased dairy product sales to key import countries. I also realize that manufacturers of California’s dairy products have made significant investments…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…farmers and ranchers, and we’re confident it will provide enormous new market opportunities for high-quality U.S. pork products,” said NPPC President John Weber, a pork producer from Dysart, Iowa. “America’s…
Foodkeeper App Update
…growing conditions, harvesting techniques, manufacturing processes, transportation and distribution conditions, nature of the food, and storage temperatures. Remember to buy foods in reasonable quantities and rotate the products in your…
Sustainable Groundwater Management Plans Approved by CWC
…two inches per month in some locations. Continued extensive groundwater pumping puts nearby infrastructure at greater risk of costly damage. High– and medium-priority groundwater basins identified as critically over-drafted must…
Agri View: Chocolate Pleasure
…due to a combination of higher temperatures and increased periods of drought. “What we found is that the savanna zone will expand southwards across West Africa,” said Christian Bunn, a…
Lower Cost for Refinancing Rural Housing
…care facilities; financed 185,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines; and helped bring high-speed Internet access to nearly 6 million rural residents and businesses. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/results….
U.S. Beef Hits South Africa
…market,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “Along with U.S. poultry, South African consumers now have access to high quality, safe and wholesome U.S. beef, and U.S. producers and exporters have…
GWSS Egg Hatch Begins, Treatments Underway
…still viable, and a few had been parasitized. Evaluations of the GWSS being found on sticky cards also revealed that a high percentage of the females being captured had a…
Honey Bee Colony Health Survey Results
…high of 217.3 cents per pound in 2014. In addition, for the past 10 years USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has helped fund collaboration between the Bee Informed…
Challenging Conditions in the West
…may have led to the poorer results in the West include generally higher temperatures; long, dry summers; and prolonged drought conditions. A total of 146 western sites (out of 1,179…
Certified Farmers’ Markets in California
…sgoodwin4813, depositphotos.com The Direct marketing of agricultural products through CFM’s benefits the agricultural community and consumers. CFM’s provide a flexible marketing alternative without disrupting other produce marketing systems. The high…
New Regulations for Groundwater Management
…recharge (Water Code §10733.2) which will help prepare communities for a changing climate and future droughts. High and medium priority groundwater basins identified as critically over-drafted must be managed under…