…on how supply aligned with global demand. Cotton Gin Innovation and Its Impact on Cotton Prices The invention of the cotton gin revolutionized cotton production across the South. With processing…
Jeff Cox Explains the Freight Factor Behind California’s Ag Exports
…containers from California’s processing plants to ports like Oakland and Long Beach. Once those containers are sealed and shipped overseas, they can spend anywhere from 30 to 50 days in…
Ethnic Roots of Early American Agriculture
…hogs and cattle. This approach reflected the pastoral traditions of the British Isles, where herding livestock was often more practical than cultivating crops. These farmers became instrumental in supplying meat,…
AI and Automation Drive Florida’s AgTech Revolution
…rather than processing. “We don’t grow processing tomatoes in Florida,” Boyd explained. “Everything is for fresh market, and our products are primarily distributed along the East Coast.” Unique environmental conditions…
Farming the Frontier: How Early Settlers Built America
…producing just enough to meet daily needs. Settlers typically kept a few chickens for eggs, a hog or two for meat, a cow for milk, and sometimes sheep for wool….
Almond Market Outlook and Ag Education Lead the Conversation on AgNet News Hour
…Beyond economics, Toor emphasized advocacy and education. Valley Pride Ag has launched programs that bring schoolchildren to almond orchards and processing plants to learn firsthand about farming. “If kids see…
Inside the 2025 Almond Market: Supply, Pricing, Tariffs, and Global Demand
…a nonprofit program that brings school children to orchards and processing facilities, helping them understand food production and career paths. Toor welcomes new ideas and partnerships to expand agricultural education…
Trump, Trade & U.S. Beef: Kevin Kester on Cattle Markets
…actually mean. Polls often show that people claim they’ll pay more for U.S.-produced meat—but behavior at the checkout tells another story. “They’ll maybe pay a little more,” he explains, “but…
Building the Future of Ag Education at Merced College
…Ag Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art facility that will include a meat processing plant, tree nut processing line, fruit and vegetable processing center, nutrition research lab, and retail farm market. “Once…
Merced College Dean Cody Jacobson Champions the Future of California Ag Education
…college is now constructing a cutting-edge Ag Innovation Center, which will feature a meat processing facility, tree-nut and produce processing labs, a nutrition and product-development center, and a retail farm…
California Farmers Confront Global Competition and Retail Pressure on AgNet News Hour
…prices just as producers begin recovering from pandemic-era losses. Lane emphasized that while the Trump administration’s beef stabilization plan offers promise—focusing on herd rebuilding, processing expansion, and grazing access—import balance…
Beef Plan, Spray Tech, and AI: California Ag Eyes Relief and Reinvention
…ranching’s business fundamentals through disaster relief, grazing access, and risk tools; expanding processing and market transparency; and building demand while growing the domestic herd. The hosts applauded the rapid response…
How Ralston Purina Revolutionized American Agriculture
…By the 1880s and 1890s, attention shifted toward improving animal production and enhancing meat quality. This era of innovation marked a pivotal moment when farmers and entrepreneurs alike began to…
Why Prop 50 Threatens Rural Representation: California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass
…in the state,” Douglass noted. “That creates more—the trucking jobs all across the state and the food processing jobs and including tons of jobs at the ports and moving all…