…skill can open the door to gratifying and high-paying seasonal work. “I tell my sheep shearing students, ‘You’ll never be unemployed,’” said John Harper, UC Cooperative Extension livestock and natural…
Officials Say No Link between California Cage laws, Nevada Poultry Sales Increase
While California egg producers adapt to new cage laws, the industry in neighboring Nevada is booming. The Capitol Press reports poultry and egg production cash receipts in Nevada are up…
Signup for Cotton Producers Starts June 20
…assistance.” Through the Cotton Ginning Cost-Share program, eligible producers can receive a one-time cost share payment, which is based on a producer’s 2015 cotton acres reported to FSA, multiplied by…
New ‘Homegrown’ Blog
…the perspective of producers. The gap between urban and rural Americans is growing, and many Americans may not understand how the food on their table gets from the farm to…
NPPC Honors Industry Leader ‘Pig’ Paul
Commemorative Painting Is First In Series Produced By Steel Cow Artist The National Pork Producers Council, at the 28th annual World Pork Expo held here, unveiled a commemorative painting in…
NMPF Board Adopts Resolution
NMPF Board Adopts Resolution Urging Congress to Pass Federal Biotech Labeling Standard With Vermont’s biotechnology food labeling law about to take effect in July, the National Milk Producers Federation urged…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…community partnerships that also benefit regional food producers and local economies along with SNAP participants. Brief descriptions of each project can be found on the NIFA website and 2015 project…
Protecting California Citrus With Natural Enemies
…and the disease is estimated to have cost producers in that state $1.6 billion in losses over a 5 year period, writes Dr. Erica Kistner of UC Riverside’s Center for…
Agri View: Better Times?
…gains would come on the crop side of the farm income statement, with livestock only recovering at the end of the 10-year period. Prices for pork, beef and poultry could…
Chinese Pork Prices Continue to Rise
…two years ago. Additionally, stringent new environmental rules have forced many small-scale producers out of the market. As a result, Rabobank expects China to import a record 1.5 million metric…
USDA Streamlining Crop Reporting
…the information collected from USDA program participants. Producers must still visit both locations to validate and sign acreage reports, complete maps or provide program-specific information. The common data from the…
California Livestock Review
…percent below from April 2015. Sheep slaughter totaled 189,000 head, down 5 percent from last year. California Milk Production California milk producers had a total of 1.77 million milk cows…
The Western View: Cattle Pollution Numbers
…titled “Livestock’s Long Shadow.” Printed only in the report’s executive summary and nowhere in the body of the report, the sentences read: “The livestock sector is a major player, responsible…
California Farmers Count Every Drop
…measure the actual evapotranspiration in an individual farm field – but, until recently, that required equipment that was too costly for most producers. A new, cheaper sensor technology called surface…