…strength of the dollar is a big problem.” So is the cost to employ harvest help, as farmers have reported elsewhere. “The state of California has the highest labor (costs)…
Agri View: Hard Work
Everett Griner talks about dairy farming, more than just hard work, in today’s Agri View. Hard Work I don’t see where any industry is more labor intense than farming. And…
California Fighting Global Warming on the Backs of Dairy Farmers
…U.S. News and World Report publication. California dairy farmers are dealing with five years of drought, low milk prices and rising labor costs. A spokesperson for Western United Dairymen says:…
Agri View: Farm Production
…total labor force. Alright a hundred years later. 1890 population total was just under 63 million. Farmers were then about 43 percent of the labor force. Finally let’s go to…
CA State Plan: Make Water Conservation A Way of Life
…and now prepare for a more unpredictable and disruptive future marked by a changing climate – and do it equitably and cost effectively.” This plan represents a shift from statewide…
New Process Quickly Analyzes Acrylamide in French Fries
…about $250 per sample to test French fries and other products for acrylamide, according to FSRU research leader Van-Den Truong. The cost per sample using the new model would be…
Optimizing Oats for Use as Dairy Forage
…growth. The results should prove useful to Wisconsin’s $43.4-billion dairy industry. Because much of the cost of a cow is the feed and labor needed to maintain her, fewer but…
Labor Issues Increase Vineyard Mechanization Attention
…labor challenges. The Sustainable Ag Expo was headlined this year by presentations on labor challenges and a panel discussion on how those challenges are driving the adoption of mechanization. There…
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…prevented planting payment is made to compensate for the producer’s pre-planting costs generally incurred in preparation for planting the crop. These costs can include purchase of machinery, land rent, fertilizer,…
Cost of Thanksgiving Meal
…Cost of Thanksgiving Meal The cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people is a little bit cheaper this year compared to last year. Just under 50-dollars according to the…
Agri View: Food Cost
Everett Griner talks about Economic rise led by food cost in today’s Agri View. Food Cost Well, the USDA has released information that will shock not many, if anybody at…
Bird Quarantine Facility in California Closing
…take effect December 9, 2016 and will help reduce costs and streamline operations where our services have been underutilized. APHIS’ bird import quarantine facility in Otay Mesa, California, has been…
Our Thanksgiving Meal Could Cost Less This Year
Thanksgiving food shoppers will have at least one thing to be thankful for. Gary Crawford has the story. meal-could-cost-less…
More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California
…development in forested areas, is dramatically driving up the cost of fighting fires and squeezing funding for the very efforts that would protect watersheds and restore forests to make them…