…of Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines are experiencing rapidly growing economies, rising middle-class populations, and continuing urbanization. Those are all factors that contribute to favorable conditions for U.S. export…
California Avocado Season Is Strong Despite Fires and Hot Temperatures
…early to help keep the trees hydrated and withstand some of these triple-digit temperatures.” The timing of the warm temperatures as it relates to the timing in the California avocado…
USDA Increases Corn, Soybean Production Forecast
The Department of Agriculture Thursday upped its predictions for larger corn and soybean crops this year. The USDA World Agriculture Supply and Demand Report predicts corn production at 14.2 billion…
ARC-PLC Educational Tool Available for Cotton Farms
…in understanding how the new seed cotton program may affect their FSA payments. It helps a producer make decisions on how to allocate generic base acres to other covered crops…
Almond Update: Record Forecast Could Have Been Larger
…President and CEO Richard Waycott said the big forecast was tempered by freezing temperatures, but it’s reassuring to have a record forecast for a season that had a treacherous bloom…
Water Officials Call for More Water to Restore Salmon Migration
…That water would come at the expense of agricultural producers who depend on those tributaries to irrigate crops. “We’re really talking about pulling water out of the hands of longtime…
Grocers Seek Tighter Rules on Labeling GMO Ingredients
…of those crops are genetically modified. Opponents of this type of labeling requirement argue that it would not accurately represent the overall product, as highly refined foods do not always…
EU Wheat Harvest Hit Hard by Drought
The European Union’s wheat harvest may wind up about six million tons less than it was a year ago. Crops in the northern part of the EU suffered through a…
CoBank: Trade War Takes a Toll on Ag Economy
…“and a trade war between the two is dangerous for economies around the world.” Overall, Ehmke says current market conditions, including rising interest rates, high fuel costs, relatively high land…
2018 Almond Forecast Up 7.9 Percent
…extended, due to cold temperatures, and lasted a few weeks. Frosts during bloom hit orchards hard, especially on the east side of the valley. Younger trees were impacted more severely…
First 2017 Crop Report has Little Lingering Drought Effects
…but we still see a four percent increase in the value of crops that we produce here and that was mainly due to the diversification of the different crops that…
Northern California Wildfires Causing Concern for Wine Country
…close to 15,000 acres, destroying 22 structures. It is now listed as 80 percent contained thanks in part to lower temperatures and higher humidity. The County Fire began on June…
Anger Rises as Tariffs Take Effect
Lawmakers may have left steamy Washington, D.C., for cooler temperatures, but Politico says they’ve only just begun to heat up talks to kill President Donald Trump’s rapidly spreading tariff war….
Senate Approves Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
…helps our farmers to protect their crops, while also maintaining strong protections for farm workers and their families,” Stabenow says. Back in March of last year, the House of Representatives…