…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…
NFU: Bayer/Monsanto Deal Bad for Farmers
…Deere and Precision Planting. We urge them to continue to reject any deals, both now and in the future, that hurt marketplace competition. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
China Plans to Dramatically Increase Soybean Acres
…announced a goal of increasing soybean production 56 percent from 2014 to 2020. The shift toward planting more soybeans comes on the heels of policies designed to shrink the number…
DOJ Seeks to Stop Deere from Purchasing Monsanto’s Precision Planting Division
…Precision Planting are the only two effective competitors in high-speed precision planting, conservatively accounting for at least 86 percent of the market. Deere and Precision Planting both introduced their respective…
Farm Futures Releases 2017 Planting Intentions
Farm Futures recently completed its first producer survey of planting intentions for 2017. Farm Futures expects producers to boost soybean plantings because of strong demand and hedging opportunities on this…
California’s Strawberry Industry Without Methyl Bromide?
…of soil-borne pests, from fungi to insects to weeds, before planting crops. 2016 marks the last year in which the highly effective soil fumigant will be available. The University of…