…Education Marketing Strategies For Farmers and Ranchers From left: Jill, Jenna, James and Jeff Burkhart (Photo courtesy of Picket Fence Creamery) For 23 years, all the milk from Jeff and…
Almond Forecast Up
2016 California Almond Forecast Up 7.9 Percent California’s 2016 almond production is forecast at 2.05 billion meat pounds, up 2.5 percent from May’s subjective forecast and up 7.9 percent from…
Agri View: Pesticide Use and Losing Ability to Produce
…not available, entire crops could be wiped out and the stability of our food supply would be destroyed. For example: “Without pesticides, U.S. food production would drop and food prices…
Tools to Help Dairy Farmers
…also announced earlier this year that a farm’s production history can be restructured to accommodate new family members joining the dairy operation. This will accommodate the intergenerational transfer of production…
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
…to sluggish exports in 2015/16, should help alleviate some of the supply impacts of the expected very small production this year. The June NASS Crop Production report projected the total…
Food Security
…consumption as it responds to movements in domestic prices and income. When the projected demand exceeds projected food production, the difference is referred to as the implied additional supply required….
July 4th Cookout Prices
…period last year. During the first quarter of 2016 (January-March), U.S. milk production reached historic levels, putting significant downward pressure on the price farmers receive for their milk. Read more….
Air Quality Incentives Available
…levels that persistently exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards established by the Clean Air Act. For fiscal year 2016, interested owners or operators of land managed for agricultural production…
Opening Markets for Almond Hulls
There is surplus of almond hulls in California. That inventory gets larger every year with less dairy production in the state to sell to. Research is looking to find new…
The California Kitchen: Black Berry French Toast
…Milk 3 Eggs 1 Vanilla Bean ½ Cup Blue Berry puree ½ Cup Brown Sugar To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California…
Pacific Region Egg and Poultry Report
California Egg Production California’s egg production during May totaled 297 million, up 6 million from April’s production and up 16 million from May 2015. The all layers during the month…
Pacific Region Cattle and Livestock Review
…2015. Sheep slaughter totaled 185,300 head, up 9 percent from last year. California Milk Production California milk producers had a total of 1.77 million milk cows for May that produced…
Agri View: New Nut Champion
…The value of the 2014 pecan crop was $517 million, an increase of 12 percent from 2013. Commercial pecan production was reported in 14 states. Over three-fourths of U.S. pecans…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
…of milk production each week,” said Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF. “When other countries disingenuously use policies and regulations to block those sales – especially in light of…