…from 2012, and tons crushed of table type varieties totaled 126,736, up 28 percent from 2012. The 2013 average price per ton of all varieties was $712.62, down 3 percent…
Strong Growth in U.S. Table Grape Sector
In this, the first report of a series, Rabobank assistant vice president and senior agricultural analyst of produce Karen Halliburton Barber comments on the growth of the table grape market…
Drought influences dairy farmers’ feed plans
…for next fall and winter. “If we don’t get any rainfall, I don’t know what I’m going to do, because I don’t even know that the water table can sustain…
Federal Drought Aid Coming to California; Long Term Solution Sought
…food that you put on your table,” The President said, during his visit. President Obama talks with Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin AgNet West photo The President landed in Air Force…
Aquaponics Curriculum Teaches New Fish Farming Techniques to Ag Students
…more we learn, the more efficient the process becomes. I’m sold that this is a cost-effective way to get our food on everyone’s table.” Article and photos by Len Wilcox…
Statement by the President on Congressional Passage of Farm Bill
…our deficits without gutting the vital assistance programs millions of hardworking Americans count on to help put food on the table for their families. And it will support conservation of…
International Olive Shortage: Potential Boon for California Grower and Processor
…uptick in business for at least one Northern California olive grower and processor. West Coast Products produces natural brine-cured jumbo olives, which compete with chemically cured, lye treated olives from…
House Democrats Named to Farm Bill Conference
…to put food on the table, it is long past time for Congress to go to the negotiating table and pass a Farm Bill that will provide much-needed nutrition support…
California Table Grape Update
The California Table Grape Commission says promotions with retailers are expanded to support the late season volume in export markets around the world. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
California Crop Update
…than last year. Gala apple harvest has finished; Fuji and Granny Smith harvests continued. Pomegranate harvest is also progressing. Olives continued to size on trees. The European pear harvest is…
California Headlines: Gill’s Mealybug, California Grape Record, Honey Production
…heading to another orchard. Mark another record for California table grapes. For the month of August, more than 28 million boxes of California table grapes had been shipped and that’s…
Ag Community Urged to Contact Congressmen
With both immigration reform and the farm bill still on the table, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack encourages the farm community to use the August recess to spur their congressmen along….
AFBF Statement on Judiciary Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
…part of that process. Efforts to win farm labor reform, make progress on the farm bill and upgrade our nation’s waterway shipping system are setting the table for what could…
Record Year for CA Table Grapes
It looks like a record year for table grapes. The California Table Grape Commission reports the state shipped 101.5 million boxes in 2012 – just under half of those going…