…in September 2017, up 1.4 points from August and 7.4 points above September 2016. Firmer prices in the vegetable oil and dairy sectors were behind the small month-on-month rise. The…
California Benefits from Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently announced the funding allotments for the 2017 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. California was provided with $19.2 million from the nearly $60.6 million…
Water Year 2017 Just Short of Record
…water year 2017 allowed many parts of California access to excess surface waters for groundwater recharge. The fall 2017 groundwater data which will become available after the end of the…
Almond Board: Almond Leadership Program
…2018 Almond Leadership Program are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 8, 2017. Program requirements can be viewed here. For questions or to submit your application, email Jenny Nicolau….
San Francisco Enacting Law to Require Stores to Report Antibiotics Use in Livestock
A new ordinance in San Francisco requires grocery stores to report antibiotic use in the raising of livestock at the city’s approximately 120 stores that sell meat to the public….
EU, Canada, Settle 21 Year Beef Fight
Canada and the European Union have settled a 21-year dispute of hormone-treated meat, according to Reuters. In a filing with the World Trade Organization this week, Canada and the EU…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…$1.6 billion under CRP for 2017. “Many of these payments will be made to landowners and producers in rural communities that have recently been ravaged by drought, wildfires, and deadly…
Beef-bacon Burger Hitting the Consumer Market
Consumers will soon see a 50/50 beef-bacon burger on store shelves. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports Coastal Ltd. has secured a licensing agreement with Jensen Meat Company to bring the…
Ag Economy Expectations Sliding
…some of the optimism that surfaced among producers in late 2016 and early 2017 is eroding. The Barometer surveys 400 agricultural producers monthly. A rating below 100 is negative, while…
October is National Chili Month
…including adding using blackened peas, Lima beans, cranberry beans, or kidney beans. Chili can also be meatless or with meat, by adding vegetables and topped with sour cream, cheese, onions,…
Agriculture Groups Support Farm Guest Worker Bill
Agriculture groups are expressing support for the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017. The bill would create an H-2C visa program that will allow American farmers, packers and processors access to…
Japan Tariff Reduced U.S. Beef Exports
…from 38.5 percent to 50 percent of the Japanese market, to protect domestic producers. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports Japan’s frozen beef imports from the U.S. were 4,317 metric tons…
APHIS to Allow the Importation of Fresh Persimmons from New Zealand
…accordance with a systems approach. The final rule will publish in the Federal Register on October 3, 2017, and will become effective 30 days after publication on November 2, 2017….
USDA Releases Grain Stocks Estimates
…its Small Grains Summary Friday, with the latest estimates of the 2017 wheat crop, which was pegged at 1.7 billion bushels. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….