…PRODUCTION COSTS California has production costs of about $3,500 per acre for oranges, $4,500 for lemons and $5,000 for mandarins, Nelsen says. Growers spend much on pesticides for the virtually…
Greenhouse Opens, Aids ACP Fight
Cal Poly Pomona College of Agriculture announces the opening of a new 5,040-square-foot research and insect production greenhouse to help control the Asian citrus psyllid. The greenhouse was planned in…
Agri View: Farmers Benefit from Oil Prices
…use of feedstocks for biofuels) means that production cost savings are likely to be offset by reduced sales revenues, leaving the average producer facing greater challenges in raising finance and…
Office of Farm to Fork Builds Bridges
…agriculture heritage and production. I am proud of the accomplishments of the Office of Farm to Fork over the last year and look forward to much success in the future!…
Mexican Ethanol Producers Set Sights on Sorghum
Ethanol producers from Mexico are considering the use of sorghum for production of the biobased fuel. The U.S. Grains Council recently hosted a trade team of Mexican ethanol producers in…
USDA Says Organic Eggs Have Largest Price Premiums
…decrease during the seven-year period, but fluctuated. Premiums for organic bread ranged from 25 to 45 percent above the non-organic price, and premiums for organic milk ranged from 50 to…
Purdue University Discovers Process Increasing Milk Shelf Life
…uses the heat already necessary for pasteurization to rapidly heat milk droplets. Myer said the promise of the technology is that it could reduce waste and allow milk to reach…
Lawmakers Call for Dairy Program Sign up Extension
…decisions and to improve program participation.” Pro Farmer reports that since MPP was created in the 2014 Farm Bill, milk prices have dropped almost 40 percent and cheese stocks now…
Agri View: Crop Losses
…EarthSky Researchers found that extreme heat and drought between 1964 and 2007 account for about a 10% decline in global cereal crop production. Drought affected corn field. A study published…
Tomato growers reduce acreage to match markets
…Montna described as still “very close” to cost of production. But Rominger said farmers will need “pretty high tonnage to make some money.” Rominger said lower acreage and production may…
Strawberry Tool Tells Producers When to Treat
…in strawberry production. Researchers in Florida, which ranks second in strawberry production, have developed a web tool that is helping growers here in California. As a matter of fact, the…
Robot Aims to Automate Produce Handling
…You get all the benefits of speed, production, throughput and rate that you would get from an industrial robot, but now you have a soft hand that can handle all…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…California’s environment and crop production mix doesn’t lend itself to soil health improvements,” said Jeff Mitchell, UC Cooperative Extension agronomy specialist. A series of farm visits this summer in the…
Ag Labor and Border Security Require Balanced Approach
…American Farm Bureau Federation highlights those issues, but with political debate ramping up and no practical solutions on the horizon, farmers say important areas of U.S. food production are at…