…Products with an organic label can often cost twice as much as a conventionally grown product. The extent of fraudulent certification problems is not fully understood, however, the USDA has…
Thomas Fire: First Estimate of Agricultural Losses Tops $171 Million
…equipment at $25 million. Cost of land damages, including cost to replace trees, reached $3.4 million, while loss of irrigation systems totaled another $1.1 million. “There were many homes, many…
Investment Firms Once Again Purchasing Farmland
…cost of $55.3 million. However, firms own less than one percent of the $2.5 trillion land market in the U.S. Farmers or their families own or control 61 percent of…
Farmers Respond to Poll on NAFTA
…NAFTA is crucial to U.S. farmers and to maintaining a low-cost food supply. A quarter of the respondents said they’re still not sure if it’s necessary to keep or eliminate…
Changes to California Agriculture Coming in 2018
…part of their application for a license renewal, farm labor contractors will also be required to provide the Labor Commissioner with a complete list of materials and resources that were…
Cruz Proposal Could Harm Renewable Fuels
Cruz Texas Senator Ted Cruz made a recent proposal to cap the cost of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) as a way to control the cost for refiners that blend renewable…
Group Files FTC Complaint Against HSUS
…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…