…to markets. Producers do not need to demonstrate the lack of commercial credit availability to apply. “Growing high-value crops for local and regional markets is a common entry point for…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…growth over the last 10 to 15 years has replaced both perennial and annual crops. This includes cotton, vineyards, non-irrigated grasslands, alfalfa, grain and hay crops, tomatoes, corn, mixed field…
National Grasslands
…builders pushed back the last frontier. The Homestead Act of 1862 brought almost six million settlers who replaced grass with crops more beneficial to their economic aspirations. Prolonged drought, bitter…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
Integrating the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts by Jonathan Male, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office Non-food biomass such as the crop residue (the leftover material from crops like stalks, leaves, and…
Benefits of SWEEP Program
…(FREP). Sakakihara Farms, strawberry growers, like other California growers, are learning to grow their crops despite drought conditions, by using newer high-tech tools that help monitor water and fertilizer use….
Garden by the Moon
…this method of managing their gardens and crops. But how could a chunk of rock more than 200,000 miles away affect how plants on Earth grow? Those who swear by…
Agri View: Farming Times
…Stallman The last decade will almost certainly be remembered as a golden age of agriculture in the United States. High global demand, a cheap dollar and bumper crops meant farming…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…and sediment in water leaving two similar fields after rain or irrigation. Experts will monitor one where a conservation practice, such as the use of cover crops in the off…
Cargo Theft Task Force One Step Closer
…Processors Association (WAPA) has led the charge to educate the agriculture industry on a common crime trend that is focusing on nut crops. WAPA held an emergency nut theft summit…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…reservoirs are rising from winter storms, but some remain below average for the date. Lake Oroville in Butte County, the State Water Project’s principal reservoir, early this morning was holding…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…cover crops may enable farmers who grow organic crops to save money, reduce tillage, manage weeds and pests, and reduce the risk of soil erosion, according to Montana State University…
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
…to 12% below year-ago levels, so price ratios to competing crops are a bit more favorable than in 2015.” Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of 2016 intended acres versus 2015 actual…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
USDA Seeks Feedback from California and Nevada Growers About 2016 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, Values During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
After several years of drought and water shortages, irrigators in the Klamath Water Project will receive a full allocation of water to irrigate crops this season. “We had a reasonably…