Producers receiving lower prices for corn and feed grains, among other crops, led to a drop in USDA’s Agricultural Prices Report in September. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or…
California Leads Nation in Specialty Crop Funding
…received more than $18 million out of the total $52 million awarded nationwide. The SCBGP provides grants to states to enhance the competitiveness of Specialty Crops, which are defined as…
California Agriculture Headlines for September 24
…Salinas. More California produce is headed down under. The export market in Australia has opened up to more crops. Peaches and nectarines from California and the Pacific Northwest are now…
Sorghum Field Day Next Week
…grass and one of the top cereal crops in the world. It’s highly drought tolerant and here in the U.S. is mainly used as an animal feed but is gaining…
California Crop Update
Sabrina Hill has an update on several California crops. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California navel orange production for the 2013-2014 season is forecast at 1.76 million tons…
Almond Board: Behind the Scenes in Produce Marketing
…Board of California. Click to Open or Download Audio Report We report a lot on how well certain crops are doing in revenues top crop sales, and marketing is certainly…
Analysts Watching Farm Income and Debt
Will falling farm income and rising debt lead to another 1980’s style farm financial crisis? Gary Crawford has this report. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
California Ag Headlines for September 6
…Checking in with some of the other crops around the state: Cotton boll opening is about a third complete. And so far this year, cotton condition is 85% good to…
More Concern for Nation’s Corn, Soybean Crops
…things here in California. Another week of drought means another week of concern about the developing corn and soybean crops. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
California Agriculture Hits New Record
…three of the major nut crops – almond, walnuts, and pistachios – blew past the billion-dollar threshold. Meanwhile, the value of grapes edged higher than that of almonds in 2012,…
Research into Methyl Bromide Alternatives
…Management Program for Integrated Methyl Bromide Alternatives. It includes production crops like grapes, strawberries and tree nuts as well as nursery crops. In strawberries, the main use of methyl bromide…
California Headlines: Gill’s Mealybug, California Grape Record, Honey Production
…grape season runs from May through January. That means only about 40 percent of the crops is out, with the other 60 percent going out as the season progresses. If…
Midwest Drought Continues
Corn and soybean producers in the Midwest are hoping for relief soon from the heat to help their crops. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
Vegetable Meeting in September
…coli and leafy greens, proper pesticide use, managing thrips on lettuce, aphids on broccoli, and the new invasive pest Bagrada bug on cole crops, nutrient management studies for cool season…