…planting systems. The technology allows farmers to plant crops like corn, soybeans, and other row crops at twice the speed of a conventional planter. The case had been scheduled for…
Agri View: Outlook for 2017
…cost of producing those crops. For the past three years those prices have dropped a little every year. The cost of production has not declined. Well, maybe a little but…
Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Down, Commodity Prices Top Concern
…and research at ABA. “Agricultural lending requires specific knowledge, making it difficult to identify and recruit potential new lenders. Opportunities to educate and inspire the rising workforce are vital to…
Saving Costs with Cover Crops
…cost-cutting option. They can kill their cover crops and plant their cotton in the same pass through a field, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. Cover crops are gaining…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…land reduces land for crops (0.3 Mha) and pasture (0.6 Mha). How Was the Study Conducted? This study has three major sections: an assessment of recent deforestation trends; an analysis…
Almond Matters: Spider Mite Timing
Courtesy: UC ANR In this week’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent U.S.A. Corporation, temperatures will soon be heating up. Valent’s Pat Clay said the heat will spur spider…
Agri View: Pork Exports to China
…thinking is it makes it cost more to produce hogs in China. They have stricter environmental regulations. And the land is more useful for other crops. One source says it…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…Because of the diversity of crops and climate zones within the Western Region, the project is divided into four sub-regions that encompass 13 states and two territories. To date, 204…
Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
…the U.S. Air Force, rising to the rank of Captain. After earning a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia, he put that training to use in private…
Salad Shortage Because of California Rains
…areas of California, which is the largest fruit and vegetable producer in the country. The delays have led to shortfalls of crops like lettuce and broccoli, sending wholesale prices much…
Agri View: Spring Crop Damage
Everett Griner talks about spring brings more bad weather, and damage, to the fruit crops in today’s Agri View. Spring is always a welcomed time of year…
The Western View: The Central Valley Habitat Exchange
…an innovative proposal that would help ease this problem. They’re working a new program that would pay farmers and ranchers to grow wildlife habitat in addition to crops on their…
2017 Corn Plantings Falling Behind
…average. Over the next ten days, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting normal to cooler temperatures in the Eastern Corn Belt and normal to above average precipitation…
Agri View: Worldwide Food Costs
Everett Griner talks about food costs still rising worldwide in today’s Agri View. It is generally about the middle of the year when our government’s annual…