…NIFA encourages robotic research, applications, and education to enhance agricultural production, processing, and distribution systems that benefit consumers and rural communities. Research proposals should address USDA goals, such as protecting…
CFBF President Urges Farmers to Work Toward Change
…and ranchers need to maintain and enhance production of food and farm products. In order to be successful, Wenger said, farmers and ranchers must work together—across commodities and across regions….
CDFA: December is Farm to Food Bank Month
…be picked-up at a production facility or a farm and delivered to food banks across the state in just a short amount of time. To schedule donations, make a donation…
Dairy Groups Detail Importance of Dairy Trade
…approximately 3,200 jobs per $1 billion of exports. Exports consume approximately 14% of the milk produced on American farms, the equivalent of one day’s production each week. “During the last…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…2016 and production and prices received for wool. The association says accurate data on sheep inventory and production is a significant decision-making tool for USDA and the industry regarding domestic…
Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program
…prices that are below their cost of production. According to survey results released by Wisconsin Farmers Union, the average estimated cost of production for conventional milk reported by Wisconsin dairy…
Poultry Industry Fears RFS Increase Will Alter Grain Prices
…billion gallons, up six percent from 2016. The poultry industry fears the increase will change the amount of corn set aside for ethanol production upward and send corn prices higher….
Agri View: Plastic Challenge
…they are looking to the farm. We now have a packaging product that can be made from milk. Not only is it biodegradable, it is edible! Not yet, but it’s…
Cost Studies for Growing Plums and Raisins in SJV
…establishment and production of dry-on-vine (DOV) raisins under two different trellis systems. The cost and returns are multi-year studies based on hypothetical farm operations of well-managed orchards and vineyards, using…
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
…global slowdown,” he said. The bull market for commodities started in 2009 at the end of the global financial crisis. Crop farmers and livestock producers all raised their production efforts…
Agri View: Food Production Impact
Everett Griner talks about the effects of changing food production to what is being advocated in today’s Agri View. Food Production Impact I thought I was reading another article by…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…market gap while farmers in more southern regions accelerate their production, but Hawk said there’s not likely to be a shortage during the transition this year. “There’s lettuce, romaine; other…
Trade Group Suing Dr. Oz Over Fake Olive Oil Claims
…than 98 percent of olive oil in U.S. retail outlets is authentic. The IOC was chartered by the United Nations more than 50 years ago to oversee the production and…
Agri View: Hard Work
…more subject to volatile up and down pricing than milk. Farmers don’t sell milk by the gallon. They sell it by the pound. Prices can vary between $15.00 and $25.00…