…Midwest and Southwest showed great swings from current to future ratings: Midwestern farmers rated their current plight a 50.4, but gave the future a 153.6; Southwestern farmers scored 78.4 and…
Ag Leaders Meet with EPA Administrator
…Corn Growers Association and others, met with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and other EPA staff members. The agriculture leaders focused on topics important for agriculture, including expressing the importance of…
Agri View: GMO Crops Advance
…spite the fact that scientific study has found nothing wrong with them. Matter of fact it is conclusive that GMO seed helps growers reduce the volume of water needed to…
Almond Board: 2017 Leadership Class
…Leadership Program class, a group of 18 future leaders representing nearly every aspect of the industry: growers, processors, suppliers, retailers and pest control advisers. Participants will spend the next year…
The Western View: Parkfield Bluegrass Festival
…for town of only 18 people. is pretty much a real busy place. Come on out! We’ll be there. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West….
Agri View: Peach Crop Outlook
…freezing point. That is so the trees will not bloom and bud too early. Well this year southeastern growers had less than 700 hours of chill temperatures. As a result,…
California Farm Groups Opposing State Gas Tax Proposal
…food-producing state, accounting for roughly $47 billion in agricultural production in 2015. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: Western Growers Association Western Growers Opposes Proposed California…
EPA Budget Cuts Won’t Ease Mandates
…the Trump administration announced it’s budget for the coming fiscal year, which included a 31 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Western Agricultural Processors Association President and CEO…
AG Sessions Says Deportation to Focus on Felons, not Farm Workers
Sessions The Western Growers Association says recent comments by Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicate the Justice Department will focus on deporting felons, not farm workers. Sessions recently told Fox News…
Water Movement Improved with WIIN Act
…conditions return to the state. Western Growers Executive Vice President Dave Puglia talk to AgNet West about water news in the state last month. He said it is important to…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…the heart of the Corn Belt, not the western fringe where undisturbed grassland is more common. This provides more support for the argument that expanded cropland in these counties replaced…
Guatemala to Eliminate Tariffs on U.S. Chicken Products
…Western Hemisphere and Rubén Morales, Minister of Economy of Guatemala (USTR photo: 03/31/2017) The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States and Guatemala have reached…
NPPC, Ag Groups Ask for Tax Reform
…issue. Respectfully, Agricultural Retailers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Sheep Industry Association American Soybean Association American Sugarbeet Growers Association Livestock Marketing Association National Association of State Departments of Agriculture…
FMC to Acquire Part of Divested DuPont Crop Protection Business
…options to growers looking for innovative solutions that protect crops and increase yields. By combining these high-value products and R&D capabilities with our own product portfolio, pipeline and formulation expertise,…