…2005. Initial reports for 2016 pumpkin production are favorable with growers producing mainly jack-o’-lantern types with additional specialty varieties. For the first week of September 2016, average advertised retail prices…
NPPC Concerned About Rules On Livestock Contracts
…contract growers, and poultry growers and the packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers with whom they interact.” Issued by USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) as an…
Demo Shows Orchard Recycling Options
…growers. Holtz also hopes that a carbon credit can be created and given to growers who use this practice. That credit could offset some of the cost of orchard recycling….
Olive Production Shifts as Result of Mechanization
…of new plantings. Not only have those plantings reduced labor costs, but growers also have the ability to produce very high-quality olive oil on a large scale, said Gregg Kelley,…
Almond Board: Almond Leadership Program
…leaders meeting the challenges of a changing industry. Program requirements can be viewed here. For questions or to submit your application, email Jenny Nicolau. Get all the information at: http://www.almonds.com/growers/programs-and-events/almond-leadership-program…
Agri View: Top Tree Nuts
…commercial production. What most people don’t know is pecans were here before most of the others. Native Americans were the original growers. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner…
RFA Fishing Sponsorship Will Promote Ethanol
…National Corn Growers Association, as well as a handful of state corn grower organizations, including those from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky. Further state corn grower organization support is…
Demand for Brussels sprouts is booming
…about $16.4 million worth of sprouts. About 300 of those acres in the Santa Cruz area have Bontadelli’s name on them; other growers he works with have close to 300…
Western View: Feds Easing Growing Restrictions on Marijuana
…in California would be big business, and is projected to dwarf revenues from states that already have legalized markets. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West….
Slight Decrease in Citrus Crop Forecast
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Agri View: World Record Veggies
…the last one but it includes more countries. Canada has made an impressionable entry. The world record that surprised a lot of U.S. growers, the largest pumpkin at 1652 pounds….
Florida Citrus Growers Spared by Hurricane Matthew
Citrus growers in Florida “dodged a huge bullet” as Hurricane Matthew seems to have caused just minimal crop damage, according to the Indian River Citrus League based in Ft. Pierce,…
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Members Named
…of the industry, including fresh fruit and vegetable growers, shippers, wholesalers, retailers, industry trade associations, importers, processors, foodservice suppliers, brokers, state departments of agriculture, organic producers and marketers, and farmers…
Taking the Melodrama out of Almond Orchard Recycling
…the horizontal chipper can chip 15 acres per day. With the chipper and spreader combination, the chips do have to be disked in, which most growers can easily do.” The…