…processed fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat and poultry, grains, fish, rice, specialty products, and water. The data and the summary, along with an explanatory guide for consumers, can be found…
National Agricultural Conservation Survey Begins
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is surveying 16,000 farmers and ranchers across the country through February 2017 about their conservation and production practices on…
Incentives to Grow the Bioeconomy and Improve Forest Health
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini announced that $1.5 million will be available in fiscal year 2017 for farmers and foresters who harvest and…
Almond Matters: New Tool for California Growers
…Plant Growth Regulator. It received registration in 2016 and we will be looking at it for almonds in 2017 coming up in bloom,” Clay said. So what can growers expect…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Dairy Prices
Dairy farmers have been hanging on for several months of low milk prices, but that may be changing when the calendar turns to 2017. Dan James of Farm Credit says…
USDA WASDE Report At a Glance
…growth. Table egg production is slightly reduced for both 2016 and 2017. Milk production forecasts for 2016 and 2017 are lowered from last month as recent data indicated that the…
Peterson Named U.S. Wheat Associates President in 2017
The U.S. Wheat Associates has selected Vince Peterson as the next President of the organization. Peterson will replace Alan Tracy, who plans to retire in July 2017. The Associations Board…
September Meat Exports Strong
New data from the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Meat Export Federation show September was another solid month for U.S. red meat exports. The data shows pork, beef and…
2017 Corn Plantings Expected at Lowest in Nine Years
A domestic fertilizer company says U.S. corn acreage is expected to drop to 88 million in 2017 from the 94.5 million planted acres reported this year by the Department of…
Post-Election Flurry of Environmental Rules Expected
…the EPA is required to set a volume target for corn ethanol at 15 billion gallons for 2017. However, the EPA proposal in May set the target at 14.2 billion…
Beginning Farmers Learn from California
…in San Diego, California, in March 2017. NFU President Roger Johnson on the Second Session of the NFU Beginning Farmer Institute. National Farmers Union has been working since 1902 to…
Scientists Work to Define Threat from Palm Pest
…Island palm, that would be the apical meristem in the crown, where new fronds grow. “That’s a large, soft, juicy chunk of meat,” Hoddle said. “If you’re a weevil, it’s…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…geographically and in types of livestock operation. This opportunity will close on Dec. 16, 2016. Offers selected this fiscal year will be enrolled into CRP Grasslands beginning Oct. 1, 2017….
FSA County Committee Elections to Begin
…mail must be postmarked no later than Dec. 5, 2016. Newly elected committee members will take office Jan. 1, 2017. For more information, visit the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. You…