The state finds itself in an improved water-supply position going into the 2017-18 winter, thanks to the precipitation and snowpack the previous winter that filled reservoirs, topped rivers, replenished aquifers…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Grain, Ethanol Markets
…wheat market. Soybean farmers are chasing Brazil, the world’s top supplier, but growing demand for livestock feed will help sustain growth. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA to Measure Final 2017 Row Crop Production and Grain Stocks with Two End-of-Year Surveys
…due by December 21, 2017, and NASS publishes results in the Crop Production 2017 Summary report on January 12, 2018. Information collected in this survey also feeds into the county…
Record Corn Yield Underscores RFS Success
…means the 2017 corn crop would be 14.6 billion bushels, nearly 300 million bushels larger than expected just last month. “In 2005, the year the RFS was enacted, corn yield…
USDA Invests in Integrated Pest Management for Increased Production
…adopt IPM practices and reduce pesticide use. In the fiscal year 2017, 77 awards totaling $27.6 million were made by the following programs to support IPM projects. The awards were…
China Online Mall To Buy Large Amounts of Beef and Pork
…to witness the signing ceremony. Meat products are a fast-growing category for JD. In the first half of 2017, volume from direct sales of meat on JD increased more than…
Agri View: Pork Does What?
Everett Griner talks about pork, and some of the other uses we have for it besides meat on the table in today’s Agri View. Everett tells us how pork is…
Grain Exports Provide $55.5 Billion in Economic Output
…at the farm, ethanol production, and meat production levels. That’s even before accounting for losses in linked industries along the food production chain. Deb Keller, USGC Chair and a farmer…
NIFA to Invest in Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research
…Area Schools, and Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions of higher education. Letters of intent must be received by Dec. 21, 2017, and applications must be received by Feb. 22,…
Producers More Optimistic in October Survey
…The Purdue/CME Groups Ag Economy Barometer, October 2015 to October 2017. Figure 2. The Index of Current Conditions and Index of Future Expectations, October 2015 to October 2017. Read more….
“Growing Together” Latino Farmer Conference an Annual Success
…conservationist. The conference will take place from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at the UC Riverside Palm Desert Center, located at 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm…
Global Food Prices Reported Lower
…down. The vegetable oil, sugar and meat price sub-indexes all decreased, while cereal grain prices were up a half a percent, led by higher rice prices even as wheat quotations…
Celebrating National Sandwich Day
…meal breaks while playing cards. He ordered his servants to bring him slices of meat between two pieces of bread which he could eat at the gambling table without using…
Cargill Aiming for Birth to Burger Beef Audit
…company’s customers a step closer to providing consumers with beef from operations that have been audited from ‘birth to burger’ using an industry developed sustainability standard, according to meat industry…