…Ours. Download Year of the Pansy Each year the National Garden Bureau selects one annual, one perennial, one bulb crop and one edible as their “Year of the” crops. This…
February WASDE Report Released This Week
…than it was last month, as milk output per cow is expected to keep rising. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Latest Report: PDF XML Excel Text…
Almond Matters: Bloom Imminent, Disease Concerns Rise
…seen in a few years. “This past week we have seen a little more rainy conditions and a little cooler temperatures but it looks like we could see the earliest…
Winter Pruning Roses
…by the colder winter temperatures. And if the winter was particularly rough on your roses, it’s also a good time to get out there and cut off the dead or…
Agri View: Berry Problems
…see added acres of berry crops every year. Mostly blueberries but there are others. And with each crop new or generations old a problem that most people do not give…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…down by $4.5 billion (6.7 percent) based on anticipated lower prices. The forecast for crops is mostly unchanged, with wheat receipts changing most in absolute and percentage terms, falling $1.4…
Agri View: Help for Bees
…than half of the non-farm crops are being grown today than we had in 2010. Non-farm pollinator crops. Well, that is decorative plants and blooming shrubs that we used to…
Scientists Give Old Elm Tree a High-Tech Helping Hand
…and historical legacy. Since the seed couldn’t be used, Walters’ team decided to try cryopreserving cuttings from the tree’s twigs this winter—with help from a NJDEP crew—when temperatures are at…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…It’s hurting a lot of commodities—corn, wheat— and that ripples all the way into California even if they’re really Midwest crops.” It doesn’t help that the processing-tomato market is in…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
…months.” The letter noted that, as the former governor of a state that produces billions of dollars in food, fiber, specialty crops, nursery crops, dairy products, poultry and livestock each…
Snow Survey Shows Big Gains
…to flood and back to drought, and climate change is intensifying those. In addition, as global warming drives up average temperatures in California more precipitation will fall as rain, not…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…of Agriculture (USDA) is helping University of California researchers refine collaborative robotic technology that could change the way crops are maintained worldwide, saving millions of gallons of water each year…
Almond Matters: February Means Bloom Time
…bring bloom on a little bit earlier is if we start to experience a period of warmer temperatures.” The wet weather keeps coming to almond producing areas this winter. Temperatures…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…Kansas, Roger Marshall is a physician and dedicated family man with roots back to the family farm where he was raised. He also served in the U.S. Army Reserves, rising…