Informa Economics is predicting that soybeans will take away a significant number of acres from corn and wheat during the 2017 planting season. They project the number of acres planted…
Deere Says DOJ Unfairly Accusing of Monopoly
…challenge to the companies planned purchase of Monsanto’s seed planting equipment line, Precision Planting. The Wall Street Journal reports the government aims to block Deere from buying Precision Planting on…
Olive Production Shifts as Result of Mechanization
…of new plantings. Not only have those plantings reduced labor costs, but growers also have the ability to produce very high-quality olive oil on a large scale, said Gregg Kelley,…
Demand for Brussels sprouts is booming
…acres among them. Through a partnership, Bontadelli has additional land in Oceanside and Mexico for winter planting and harvesting. So far, 2016 has been kind. “It looks really good,” Bontadelli…
Agri View: Farmer’s Almanac
…did. No planting was done until the signs were right. The Old farmer’s Almanac Long Range Weather Forecast was just about as accurate as today’s modern means of forecasting and…
Sharing Almond Production Techniques Internationally
…more emphasis in drip irrigation, planting tighter and using varieties that have larger kernels and less massive shells,” Slaughter said. “They resemble more of California when it comes to the…
NIFA Awards Community Food Projects
…Planting Justice, Oakland, Calif., $364,800 Mandela Marketplace, Inc. – Oakland, Calif., $248,460 Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. – Apopka, Fla., $250,000 Global Growers Network, Inc., Avondale Estates, Ga., $26,504 Kona…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
Having reduced their plantings in recent years due to the drought, California rice farmers are harvesting a bigger crop this season—but they are also feeling the pinch of lower market…
Tight Shell Means Less Pests
…need to go to the extreme, and shouldn’t, that Europe has traditionally done even though they are changing and planting better shelling varieties. You want them to shell well with…
Ag Confidence Continues to Decline
…questions regarding their financial and business conditions. The survey is conducted before planting, before harvest and just before the end of the year. Results above a rating of 100 indicate…
Soybean Planting in Brazil Arrives with Concerns
Credit: Alf Ribeiro / Shutterstock.com Soybean planting in Brazil starts on September 15, but the Agri Money Dot Com website said it’s starting this year under pressure from prices, tight…
Optimizing Production a Nursery Focus
…with it not being just this rootstock, but it’s this variety with this rootstock with this planting and this water regime. We are trying to basically work on optimizing production…
NFU Reacts to Bayer-Monsanto Merger
…Planting.” He said farm and ranch families have been on Capitol Hill asking members of Congress to conduct hearings to review the staggering amount of pending merger deals in agriculture…
Almond Board: Seeds for Bees
…possible in the Fall Your planted forage will be available to colonies pollinating CA’s specialty crops, including almonds You plan to emphasize planting locations which will be accessible to over-wintering…