…high rates according to the report, partially due to the price premiums and significantly higher yields that technology, such as hydroponics, provides. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
Growers Hear Update on Walnut Pruning Trial
…higher, consistently in the unheaded trees, in which we ended up with a higher cumulative yield over the first four harvests,” Doll noted. The early yield differences between headed and…
Proposed Tariff Hearings Underway in Washington
…tariff response by China. The Montana rancher says the market interruptions can “devastate ag prices and drive U.S. farmers out of business.” The hearings come as the U.S. and China…
OTA Comments on USDA Halting Organic Checkoff Proposal
…dairy and egg prices are flattening “because of USDA’s failure to move the animal welfare rule forward.” OTA says the USDA statement on uncertain industry support is “simply wrong,” adding…
Organic Produce Has Strong First Quarter
…The top three categories of organic fresh produce being packaged salads, berries, and apples, collectively accounted for 40 percent of all sales. Overall, organic vegetables showed a higher value than…
NCC: Farm Legislation Passage Much Needed
…lenders would be reluctant to provide financing to an industry operating at the mercy of weather extremes and volatile global market prices.” He said that a strong farm bill also…
USDA Projects Smaller Corn, Soybean Crops
…higher acres and a slightly higher yield. However, winter wheat yields are below average in the drought-affected states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The season-average farm price is projected at…
Texas Tech to Launch Veterinary School
…of families” in the state’s livestock industry. The school stems from a report in 2016 adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board detailing the shortages of large animal and…
Wheat Growers Talk Farm Bill with Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
…income of wheat farmers is expected to decline more than 21 percent this year from last year, combining with low commodity prices and a suffering ag economy, all reasons “strong…
Time is Nearly Up for Cotton Ginning Cost-Share Applications
…has been administered by USDA, to help producers respond to the challenging economic conditions and low cotton prices of recent years.” Under the program administered by the Farm Service Agency…
First-Ever WTO Counter Notification Against India’s Market Price Support Issued by U.S.
…bonuses from calculations of applied administered prices, exclusion from India’s notifications of information on the total value of production (VoP) of wheat and rice (information necessary to assess compliance with…
Co-ops Support California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…better address disparities between farm gate prices in California and the rest of the nation.” After USDA’s release of the final decision on March 30th, the three cooperatives held educational…
Food Price Index up 2.7 Percent
…consecutive month, with prices of wheat, coarse grains and rice all gaining momentum in recent months. Dairy prices were 3.4 percent higher than March, and up 11 percent over the…
Farm Credit Loan Volume up One Percent
…a higher level of average earning assets, driven largely by increased loan volume and, to a lesser extent, growth in the liquidity investment portfolio. Meanwhile, the Farm Credit System reported…