…Coverage programs. They stated providing a safety net for cottonseed “is desperately needed to provide stability in the cotton industry.” Wannamaker’s testimony noted that for producer’s of multiple crops, the…
A Quick Look at USDA Crop Reports
Gary Crawford has some highlights from Wednesday’s USDA crop reports. December Crop Reports…
Citrus Forecast: No Changes for California
…form. The January USDA/NASS citrus crop forecast will be released at approximately 9:00 a.m. Pacific time Tuesday, January 12, 2016. You can hear the “LIVE” forecast here on AgNet West.com…
Almond Industry Effort for Innovation and Sustainability
…are: — Water Management and Efficiency – A focus on accelerating almond farmer transition to more efficient irrigation scheduling and management practices to get the most crop per drop of…
Pistachio Production Lowest Since 2008
…and the combination of that and blanking produced numbers that were the lowest in the last 7 years. Ag Alert: Forces Combine to Shorten Pistachio Crop Jeff Gibbons of Setton…
Agri View: Tree Phenomenon
Trees. Not many people see trees as an American crop. America grows more trees than any other country. America supplies more wood for building than anywhere else. We plant two…
Climate Smart Ag Delegation Lands in the Netherlands
…Crop Block Grant Program. This program is a collaboration between the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands and CDFA to develop strategies and management practices to enable specialty crop…
Citrus Industry This Week: Indian River Crop Update; Irrigation Scheduling Methods
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes information about the USDA releasing US-1516 Citrus Rootstock, a crop update with Doug Bournique, and a discussion with Kelly Morgan about irrigation…
Agri View: Satsuma Oranges
…South Alabama. It also had a ready market. About 1935 a devastating freeze killed most of the trees and the crop just vanished. Everett Griner talks about this quaint orange…
The Western View: Pecan Federal Marketing Order
…change in crop or demand from the 1960’s until recently. But now demand has been increasing, and growers see a chance to create a stable supply that grows with demand….
Busy December for Ag in Congress
…billion cut in crop insurance made in an earlier budget deal. Efforts are also underway to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial “Waters of the U.S.” rule as part of…
Climate Change Report – USDA
…are many opportunities to strengthen agricultural economies and bring more advanced methods of crop production to low-yielding agricultural regions. Other promising adaptations include reducing food waste through innovative packaging, expanding…
Temperatures Positive for Citrus
Weekend Cold Temperatures Appear Positive for Central Valley Citrus Crop Temperatures dipped under 30 degrees over this holiday weekend throughout the Central Valley. For orange growers, the colder temperatures were…
Agri View: Peanuts Lost
You know it is bad to lose a crop to drought, bugs or disease. Even worse to harvest a very good crop and then lose it. It happened to some…