Cathy Isom gives you a bit of history, and has you savoring, about the specialty cheese you will want to sink your teeth into this month. That’s coming up on…
Farm Futures Releases Crop Production Survey
The growing season has been wide and varied for America’s corn and soybean crops. Harvest seems to be on track for good, but not great yields. That’s according to a…
Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops
…potatoes, rice, citrus and other crops that are better equipped to tolerate heat and drought, produce higher yields and resist a myriad of diseases and pests. Crops with greater resistance…
Limited Benefits of Tariff Relief Funds for California Producers
…designed for crops generally grown in states other than California. “It’s pretty limited what they’re going to be able to do that has specific benefit for specialty crops,” said California…
Chinese Import Tariffs May Climb Higher
…saying they’re asking Congress to provide more support to specialty growers, who they fear won’t necessarily be helped by the tariff relief plan. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
Agri View: Necessities of Farming
…in today’s world of agriculture. In a dry season it is one of the costliest parts of raising a crop. I didn’t figure this out. It was in a recent…
Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill
…his Agriculture Risk Coverage pilot program to allow for an alternate calculation method for crop payments when National Agricultural Statistics Service data is insufficient. The bill also increases funding for…
BASF Closes Acquisition of Businesses and Assets from Bayer
BASF has closed the acquisition of a range of businesses and assets from Bayer. The transaction, the company says, is a “strategic complement” to BASF’s crop protection, biotech and digital…
Agri View: Problems Farmers Face Each Year
Producing a crop each year isn’t the only thing farmers have to worry about. Everett Griner talks about a few of the biggest problems farmers are faced with each day…
Cotton Growers Prepare for 2018 Producer Information Exchange Tour
…information to help improve yields and increase fiber quality can help strengthen the American cotton industry as a whole. The program is sponsored by Crop Science, a division of Bayer,…
ASTA Promotes Safe Handling and Storage of Treated Seed during Harvest
…“Seed treatments provide farmers with an economical means of protecting seeds and seedlings against early-season insect pests and diseases—resulting in stronger and more uniform stands, healthier plants and higher crop…
Celebrating National Peach Month
…supplies nearly 49 percent of the United States fresh peach crop and more than 96 percent of processed peaches. Nutritionally speaking, one large peach, about 2 and 3/4 inch diameter…
U.S. Crop Protection Market Sees Sales Increase
…Group this week released its Crop Protection Manufacturers Report, which found the increase in planted crop acreage, particularly in soybeans and cotton, helped contribute to an increase in the sales…
Trade Aid for Farmers Could Start Late September
…for the 2018 crop year only, as Perdue says “we do not expect to do this over a period of time.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….