…revisited in May, when April leaf sample data is available and there is a better sense of yield potential to refine planned inputs. Separately, under the revised Irrigated Lands Regulatory…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…to fall 36 percent through 2016, primarily due to lower prices. While production is expected to increase slightly in 2016, continued weakening in corn prices is expected to more than…
Agri View: Farmland Value
…can affect the financial well-being of agricultural producers. This report examines both macroeconomic (interest rates, prices of alternative investments) and parcel-specific (soil quality, government payments, proximity to urban areas) factors…
Local Food Market
…Manual” (Penguin, 2009). Does it taste better? Surveys conducted at farmers markets have found that people tend to shop there because they think the food is of higher quality and…
Healthier Shopping
…from lower-margin less healthy products to higher-margin healthier products without increasing consumer budgets.” Payne and Niculescu recently received a large five-year grant from the USDA to create in-store marketing tools…
Food Price Survey
…of last year, but are working their way back down as increasing production has started to catch up with demand, which has moderated prices somewhat,” he said. Prices on the…
Agri View: New Cash Crop
…have some export value. Prices for major cash crops are set in commodity markets with global scope, with some local variation (termed as “basis”) based on freight costs and local…
California Republicans Call on White House to Act on Drought
…substantially higher in 2016, Reclamation has exported roughly the same amount of water this year – during an El Nino year – that it did last year, one of the…
Almond Board: Summer Weed Management
…classes of chemistry for winter weeds is a very good strategy to broaden the weed control spectrum, but does not necessarily enhance duration of the application’s efficacy. Applying higher rates…
UC Davis Vet School Ranked #1 in World, Again
…to answer questions about health and disease. The rankings are prepared by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British firm that previously was the data provider for the annual Times Higher Education…
Purple Produce
…as powerful nutrients like vitamin C and fiber. In fact, people who eat purple fruits and vegetables have higher intakes of essential nutrients, such as fiber, potassium and vitamin C,…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
…pasture and other fruit. “When we look at maximum and minimum temperatures, the minimum temperatures are higher while the maximum temperature stays about the same,” Lee said. “And the lower…
Milk Pricing Complexity Leads Dairy Conference
…milk prices. Gallagher says any forecasting outside of a few months is almost a complete guess. He says there are too many factors involved that have nothing to do with…
Agri View: Growing a Coffee Crop in the U.S.
…is grown in the shade or the higher elevations, which slows down the maturation of the bean, which makes it a little more flavorful,” he explained. “What is done in…