…prices of competing crops and improved expectations for water. For the past three years, U.S. cotton producers have struggled with low cotton prices, high production costs and the resulting financial…
Midweek Valentine’s a Boon for Growers
…roses nowadays come from Colombia and Ecuador, where production costs are lower, he said. “We’ve been able to pivot toward other crops that continue to be successful for us and…
Year of the Pansy
…Ours. Download Year of the Pansy Each year the National Garden Bureau selects one annual, one perennial, one bulb crop and one edible as their “Year of the” crops. This…
Agri View: Berry Problems
…see added acres of berry crops every year. Mostly blueberries but there are others. And with each crop new or generations old a problem that most people do not give…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…down by $4.5 billion (6.7 percent) based on anticipated lower prices. The forecast for crops is mostly unchanged, with wheat receipts changing most in absolute and percentage terms, falling $1.4…
Agri View: Help for Bees
…than half of the non-farm crops are being grown today than we had in 2010. Non-farm pollinator crops. Well, that is decorative plants and blooming shrubs that we used to…
State Agriculture Leaders Call Food Safety a Farm Bill Priority
…similar fashion to the 2014 farm bill, which took an extra year to finalize. Other priorities for NASDA focus on enhanced funding for invasive species programs, the Specialty Crop Block…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…It’s hurting a lot of commodities—corn, wheat— and that ripples all the way into California even if they’re really Midwest crops.” It doesn’t help that the processing-tomato market is in…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
…months.” The letter noted that, as the former governor of a state that produces billions of dollars in food, fiber, specialty crops, nursery crops, dairy products, poultry and livestock each…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…of Agriculture (USDA) is helping University of California researchers refine collaborative robotic technology that could change the way crops are maintained worldwide, saving millions of gallons of water each year…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…oilseeds, peanuts, pulse crops, rice, soybeans, sugar, wheat, and wool; the Commodity Credit Corporation; risk management policies and statutes, including Federal Crop Insurance; producer data and privacy issues. Rep. Rick…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…and ended up facing big expenses to buy crops at higher prices to fulfill marketing obligations and to feed on-farm livestock. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Agri View: Hard Choices
Everett Griner talks about why farmers are facing hard choices for their upcoming crops in today’s Agri View. Hard Choices You know not everybody stops to think that we would…
Monsanto to Appeal California Glyphosate Ruling
…the California Constitution. Monsanto’s Roundup is sold in 160 countries, and farmers in California use it on 250 types of crops. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….