…1,790 acres of farmland in Blythe, California — an agricultural town along the Colorado River — for nearly $32 million. Two years ago, Fondomont’s parent company, Saudi food giant Almarai,…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
…grown in the northern San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento Valley using micro-sprinkler irrigation. These are multi-year studies, estimating costs from previous crop (orchard removal) through orchard establishment and the production…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…Know Your Farmer team to help entrepreneurs and community leaders successfully create jobs and increase access to healthy food through urban agriculture. From neighborhood gardens grown on repurposed lots, to…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…Bill. Over the past seven years, USDA has collaborated extensively with other federal partners to safeguard America’s food supply, prevent foodborne illnesses and improve consumers’ knowledge about the food they…
Home-Made Fertilizer
…own organic plant food is easy and fun. It should be noted that most people understand that the best way to get good garden soil is to use compost to…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…increasing for food produced locally or regionally,” said Dolcini. “Portable handling and storage equipment is vital to helping farmers get their products to market more quickly and better maintain product…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…and policy changes go hand in hand. It’s important to note that while almond acreage has grown in recent decades, Central Valley cities have also expanded. With them, urban areas…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
…the farm economy and pose challenges for producers and processors with little evidence of added benefit to food safety or production,” said Subcommittee Chairman Rodney Davis. “Under these current conditions…
Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…market, food stands, food hubs Farms, ranches, greenhouses, managed forests, aquaponics, cut flowers, herbs, honey, landscape plants Farm-to-table businesses Support services, including scouting, equipment repair, fertilizer sales Value-added processing, including…
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
The 2015 California Almond Acreage Report showed a six percent increase over 2014 and forecasts a large number of bearing acres for 2016. From the California Department of Food and…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
Integrating the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts by Jonathan Male, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office Non-food biomass such as the crop residue (the leftover material from crops like stalks, leaves, and…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
USDA Offers New Resource to Help Food Hubs Improve Financial Performance Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers announced a new resource to help food hubs improve their financial performance. Food…
Meals for Kids
…Food and Nutrition Service Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks Centers and day care homes offering meals through the Child and Adult…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…from 30 to 90 eggs per year.(4) Image courtesy of Food Network. Due to these figures, the potential for the ostrich market is enormous, in that the meat tastes similar…