…return filed in 2016 by HSUS shows that it actually spends 29 percent of its donations on fundraising. The CCF says if joint cost expenditures that are allocated to management…
Citrus Avoids Damage with Short Periods of Freeze
…freeze damage is expected. The average cost to run a wind machine is $22 per hour and each wind machine can protect up to 10 acres. Season to-date, growers have…
Egg Supply Dropping Prices, Pressuring Cage-Free Market
…cage-free, nearly three-quarters of the entire layer flock would need to meet the criteria. It would cost the industry about $10 billion to make the transition. The current overabundance of…
Disaster Bill Includes Cotton, Dairy Provisions
…fixes before the start of the next farm bill. The bill, however, offsets part of the cost by making changes to nutrition infrastructure. NFU President Roger Johnson says the organization…
Agri View: Irma Cost Continues to Mount
…to mount in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses the damage to the agriculture losses suffered in Georgia and Florida, and the resiliency of the farmers. Irma Cost Continues to Mount…
Agri View: Political Questions and Issues
…labor. Two factors having more impact on agriculture than all of the others combined. But, Everett also asked questions about other issues that need to be covered for agriculture. Political…
Farmers Decline to Get Involved in USDA/GIPSA Suit
…speaking out as President of the Alabama Contract Poultry Growers Association and an OCM board member has cost him significant business. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Report Outlines BayerAG-Monsanto Merger Impact
A research document released by Farmers and Families First shows the proposed BayerAG-Monsanto merger would reduce competition and increase cost for farmers. The white paper says the deal would create…
Oil and Ethanol Supporters Get Together to Talk RFS
…say they can’t afford the RFS compliance costs. The biofuels industry insists it has to have the mandates in the RFS to keep expanding and growing biofuels. Senators Chuck Grassley,…
NRCS Invests 84.6 Million Through EQIP for 2017
…(NRCS) to plan projects with co-benefits to natural resources and agricultural land. Each landowner shares in the cost of their projects, bringing the total California conservation investment last year to…
Crown Gall Surgery Effective but Labor Intensive
…because it’s very labor intensive,” said Dani Lightle, Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Glenn County. The first step of treatment involves removing the soil around the base of the…
USDA to Revisit Standard for Beef Carcass Grades
…from the cow-calf, feeder and packer segments conservatively estimated that incorrect classification of carcasses cost the industry nearly $60 million annually. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
State Farm Bureau Study Estimates Cost of NAFTA Withdraw
A study from the Nebraska Farm Bureau finds withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could cost farms in the state up to $55,000 each, annually. The report…
CalCom Solar Displays Energy Savings at Almond Conference
…and Construction (EPC) process for Ag operations. “We design and build solar projects to help agricultural customers offset their electrical pumping costs,” said Dupre. “We have expertise in-house here where…