…when the first tractor was used on a farm? Tractors were becoming popular in the 1930’s and 40’s but the first tractor to be used extensively in about 1915. So…
Prospects Good for Record Almond Crop
…is now stabilizing and almond sales have picked up. Reduced prices, in turn, have helped to revive demand for almonds, with record shipments in the last three months, said Richard…
Decorating With Flowers
…any size are usually easy to come by. Scour thrift stores or garage sales, and you’re bound to come across a few old drawers or a piece of furniture where…
Rural Mainstreet Economy Weakens
…The July farm equipment-sales index sank to 10.7 from 12.8 in June. “Weakness in farm income and low agriculture commodity prices continue to restrain the sale of agriculture equipment across…
Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
…tractors in a tractor-trailer will achieve up to 25 percent lower CO2 emissions and fuel consumption than an equivalent tractor in 2018. The agencies are also finalizing fuel-efficiency and GHG…
Sales of Precision Farm Services Expected to Slow
Following the downturn in the agriculture economy, a majority of precision farm equipment dealers expects sales to slow. Precision Farming Dealer magazine reports only 40 percent of dealers expect some…
Farm Bureau Asks USDA for Emergency Dairy Assistance
…the U.S. all-milk price fell to $14.50 per hundredweight in May, the lowest level since 2009. In addition, he told USDA, dairy farm cash receipts from milk sales have fallen…
Cargill Full Year Earnings Down 11 Percent
…between adjusted and net earnings included gains on sales of businesses and other assets, asset impairment charges and a LIFO inventory adjustment. Revenues totaled $107.2 billion, an 11 percent decline…
Agri View: Voice Command
Everett Griner talks about tractors that will respond to voice command in today’s Agri View. Voice Command You watch one of those giant new tractors that can plant a dozen…
USDA Celebrating Farmers Market Week
…than $12 billion dollars per year in sales. A recent survey by USDA shows that 56 percent of local markets were able to increase their product variety because of vendor…
Make Plans to Talk with Lenders before Machinery Purchases
…farmers will have to convince lenders that a new tractor, combine or planter has good potential for return on investment. However, it’s a good time to buy, if it’s affordable.Loans…
Dollars Spent at Farmers Market
…of local food marketing in the Sacramento Region (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties). Our key findings indicate that, for every dollar of sales, Sacramento Region direct marketers are…
China Extends Cotton Stockpile Sales
…could exceed the two million metric tons originally slated for sale. China has already sold 1.7 million metric tons of cotton reserves so far. The sales started in May as…
CME ‘Enhancing’ Live Cattle Markets
…just 20 percent of cattle sales negotiated in cash markets across the U.S., CME Group will delay listing any additional contract months beyond October 2017 to evaluate ways to improve…