Your grocery bill may continue to creep up. Gary Crawford has more. Food Prices Still Rising…
USDA to Launch New Farm Bill Program to Help Provide Relief to Farmers Affected by Severe Weather
…have been hit with severe weather to receive a higher approved yield on their insurance policies through the federal crop insurance program. Spring crops eligible for APH Yield Exclusion include…
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…
Family Farmers Do More Than Feed the World
…we’ll need expanded agricultural research, which has implications on human health as well. Access to higher quality foods, more nutritious foods, foods that will grow in drought or flood conditions…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…in sections in the northwest, north of Twisselman Road, along Interstate 5 and west around Devil’s Den, near the north county line, were slightly higher with 3-5 adults per sweep….
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….
CA Egg Lawsuit Dismissed
…are higher than in other states. Next came a law that said any company that sold eggs in California would have to meet those same standards. That law is set…
Nation’s Ag Co-ops Set Record for Annual Sales and Income
…only major farm supply to see sales drop in 2013. With grain and oilseed prices generally lower in 2014, it appears unlikely that co-ops will set a fourth consecutive sales…
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…
Citrus Utilized Production Down 15 Percent, Value Up 7 Percent
…decreased 5 percent from last season while grapefruit value is down 10 percent. Tangerine and mandarin value of production is 27 percent higher than last season and lemon value of…