…will see is called variable rate technology,” Hull says. “The basic idea is you fly over a big patch of corn or soybeans. You look at where the crop is…
Agri View: Bad Weather
…upper Great Lakes region, and parts of the Southwest Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin (sign up for updates) Major World Crop Areas and Climate Profiles Monthly World Agricultural Weather Highlights…
Farm Labor Shortage Vexes Farmers
…foreign nationals short-term visas to help harvest crops. “This is a serious issue for farmers across America,” said AFBF President Zippy Duvall. “If you have a crop that’s ready and…
Farm Bureau Boot Camp
…agriculture and for Farm Bureau. Each participant also networked and developed relationships with Farm Bureau members and staff. Sherry Saylor, an Arizona row crop farmer and chair of the AFB…
Avocado Growers Face Obstacles but Harvest More Fruit
…said, describing the previous crop as “mediocre at best.” The current crop, she said, showed avocado growers their limitations at estimating their crops beforehand. “We kept missing fruit buds on…
NIFA Announces Funding
…waste product of well-managed forests; and research by Stony Creek Colors (USDA Blog) that developed indigo as a substitute cash crop that can be grown by tobacco farmers to produce…
IndexBox Marketing: Orange Market In Crisis
…readiness to provide modified forms of crop, but it will take a lot of time and resources to overcome this disease. Therefore, a reduction of the global orange market volume…
New Olive Growing Cost Studies
…irrigation. The authors describe the assumptions used to identify current costs for the olive crop, material inputs, cash and non-cash overhead. A ranging analysis table shows profits over a range…
Agri View: Cotton Harvesting
…is one of the final steps in the production of cotton crops, it is one of the most important. The crop must be harvested before weather can damage or completely…
Mid-Year Field Crop and Acreage Production
Barley: California’s barley harvested acreage is forecast at 30 thousand, is up 20 percent increase from last year. Nationally, Harvested acres at 2.58 million acres, is down 17 percent from…
Cotton Crop Condition Takes Small Hit
The condition of the nation’s cotton crop has taken a small hit over the last week. Gary Crawford has the story. Cotton Crop Condition Takes Small Hit…
Citrus Forecast has Slight Changes
The final citrus crop forecast of the 2015-16 season, issued by Mark Hudson, USDA Agricultural Statistics Board, is up 2.5 million boxes for California, now at 54.5 million boxes. The…
USDA Sets 2015 PLC Wheat, Oats Payment Rates
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has set Price Loss Coverage payment rates for 2015 crops of wheat at 61 cents per bushel and oats at 28 cents per bushel. However,…
Agri View: Money Crops
…crop land, farm cash receipts from this sector account for 13 percent of the total receipts for all agricultural commodities and 7 percent for all crops. Foreign markets serve as…