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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 08.19.2024

• Grape Growers Desperately Need You to Drink More Wine as They Grapple With a Glut of Uncontracted Grapes
• Pivotal congressional campaigns in California feature focus on water, innovation
• California May Cap Credits For Soy Or Canola-Based Renewable Diesel
• CDFA taking applications for grants, panelists
• Low equipment sales in July highlight need for farm bill
• USDA Lists Key Results From Two Years Of The Inflation Reduction Act
• USDA Release Midyear Inflation Report By Food Categories
• Fertilizer Prices Continue To Decline, Half What They Were In 2022
• Estimate your propane needs for grain drying before the demand increases at harvest time. A simple online tool can help you do that.
• Propane demand may be higher this year — fill up now to save
• DTN Ag Summit Series Webinar and Yield Numbers Continue to Roll Out
• Top 5 Things to Watch this Week
• 7 ag stories you may have missed week ending – August 16, 2024
• Farm labor hard to recruit
• Review your cattle-buying strategy
• Syngenta offers online disease management resources
• Farmers overcome drought, hurricane, and harvest hurdles
• Lawsuit Filed Challenging Florida’s Ban On Cultured Meat
• U.S. Renewable Diesel Imports Up 29% This Year
• 9 Months: Deere’s Revenues Down 11%, Net Income Down 25%: $5.9 Billion

admin2024-08-19T11:53:14+00:00August 19th, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 08.11.2024

• Filling the Consumer Gaps with Walnuts
• California Grapes in the Heat and FFA State Officers Summit
• Rootella Carbon
• California Today | Estimating the Size of the U.S. Cattle Herd
• Beef Export Value Climbs in June
• Changes coming to USDA’s FSA Farm Loan Programs
• Wall Street surges while commodities disappoint
• What you should know ahead of the August WASDE
• USDA Production Estimates Will Get Attention in Monday’s USDA Reports
• Why Early August Looks More Like El Nino Than La Nina
• EPA Confirms Investigations of Biofuel Producers Using Waste Cooking Oil
• More farmland for sale among election uncertainty
• Quadtracs are holding value better than other equipment categories
• ‘We’re stuck’ on the farm bill, says Stabenow
• Strong week for new crop U.S. soybean export sales
• Farm Bureau: 5 Things We’ll Miss Without a New Farm Bill
• Farm Credit System Issues Statement On USDA’s New Loan Delivery Rule
• USDA Release Report Showing Growth Of Products Being Used To Create BioDiesel
• EPA Issues Emergency Order To Stop Use Of Pesticide Dacthal
• Farm Bankruptcies Down… For Now Anyway

admin2024-08-11T12:11:18+00:00August 11th, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 08.03.2024

• Western Wildfires Threatening Farmers and Ranchers
• USDA Releases Fruit And Tree Nuts Outlook Report
• New mode of action helps growers in fight against navel orangeworm
• Can U.S. pistachios develop a sports-like fan base?
• USDA Reports Where Crop And Livestock Insurance Payouts Per Recipient Were Highest
• The Ugly Truth: 2023 and 2024 Will Go Down As the Two Largest Declines in Net Farm Income Ever
• Farmers Tell Congress: The Time for a Farm Bill is NOW
• Farmers May Lose Higher Bonus Depreciation, But Water Resources Bill Passes
• Wheat heads higher, while soybeans continue to slump
• Commentary | It’s time to aggressively sell corn
• USDA exports – China buys soybeans, August 1, 2024
• WRDA Bill Passes Senate; Tax Bill Fails
• Should you apply fungicide on $10 soybeans?
• Here are some cool agritainment ideas
• Smoke’s silver lining: Protecting seedlings
• U.S. Senate Energy panel approves bipartisan bill streamlining energy permitting
• Women in Agribusiness Summit scheduled for September
• Bad news: How Allis-Chalmers’ employees found out about the buyout at a tractor pull
• Learning from adversity: Farmer insights from a challenging season
• NASS to review major crop acreage ahead of production report
• NOAA Reports “Dead Zone” In The Gulf Has Grown To The Size Of New Jersey

admin2024-08-03T10:08:05+00:00August 3rd, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 07.25.2024

• Almond Board Exploring New Export Markets
• California Burn Ban and Bird Flu Price Tag
• Making Farm Data Valuable and Accessible
• “Heading Into A Perfect Storm”: Panel Warns Congress Of Farm Economy Cliff
• House Ag Committee Chair’s Opening Statement At Hearing On Financial Conditions In Farm Country
• Ag Banker’s Testimony Before House Ag Committee On Financial Conditions In Farm Country
• Deere Lays Off Undisclosed Number of Salaried Employees on Wednesday
• Retail Fertilizer Price Declines Slow in Third Week of July
• Proposed Syngenta Dicamba Label Maintains Early Over-the-Top Use in Soybeans
• EIA: Domestic Ethanol Output Down; Blending Demand, Stocks Up
• Ag tools, not just data, at risk for attack | Cybercriminals can use your equipment to disrupt and destroy.
• Congress in observation, not action mode
• Harris ag record covers farm labor, climate action, animal welfare
• Bill Introduced to Extend Biodiesel Tax Credit and Prevent ‘Double-Dipping’
• Ag Groups Warn Dept. of Commerce on Herbicide Tariffs
• Investment In AgTech Startups Is Increasing
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• What a Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean for Ag
• House Ag Chairman Thompson: Willing to Conference With Senate on Farm Bill
• Farmers: You can fund your retirement
• Today’s high-tech farms are targets of cybercriminals who are eager to steal cash or crash field operations.
• Feedlot inventories slowly reflecting cattle numbers

admin2024-07-25T11:26:50+00:00July 25th, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 07.19.2024

• Overplanted Almonds Hurting Prices
• California Burn Ban and Bird Flu Price Tag
• USDA Projects Larger 2024 Almond Crop; Down 7 Percent from May Forecast
• Walnut Prices Continue To Be Too Low
• New disease threatens almond crop yields
• Pistachio Industry Insight Day | July 26, 2024
• Sneak Preview of First Ever Pistachio Industry Insights Day Coming This Month
• 2024 California Apple Forecast & New Campaign to Boost Sales
• California Table Olive Forecast & Protection from Foreign Imports
• Sonoma winegrowers reach for on-farm efficiency
• Vance Has Little History in Ag Policy, But He Has Rural Roots and a Story
• Domestic SAF Production Capacity Could Increase by 1400% in 2024
• Ag Groups Want IRS to Mandate Domestic Feedstock Use to Qualify for SAF Credit
• Will cattle prices hold past Friday?
• Too soon to know full impacts of weather extremes
• Warmer end to growing season expected
• How I learned customer service at the Farm Progress Show
• Secrets of soil to be unveiled at museum
• Why should kids show livestock?
• Can solar panels and farms coexist?
• Export Report: Wheat continues the pleasantly strong pace
• Farm Programs, USDA Would Shrink Under Project 2025 Goals for Ag
• Grass-Finished Cattle Have Quality
• $4,500 Per Acre Plus a Signing Bonus? What Solar Companies Are Now Offering Farmers To Lease Their Ground
• Industry Expert Lists Five Reasons Fertilizer Prices Remain High
• Climate-Smart Initiative announces incentives for landowners

admin2024-07-19T09:43:31+00:00July 19th, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 07.10.2024

• The Role of Bees in Almonds And Their Nutrition Needs
• Does EID Rule Fall Under Chevron Deference?
• Report outlines top concerns in California organic agriculture
• The Ever-Unfolding Story of California’s Prop 12
• Wine industry rep: Keep pulling out grapes Industry still dealing with a glut of bottled wine.
• A Third of Fruits and Vegetables Never Eaten and Hog Inventory Higher
• Hurricane Beryl Joins Hailstorms and Floods Damaging Crops and Ag Infrastructure
• 2024 Farmland Values Flatten
• Linking the medical field to agriculture
• Corn finds modest bargain-buying boost
• Soybeans close down nearly 20¢ | Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Corn and wheat end the day mostly higher.
• Syngenta offers online disease management resources
• Four tips for managing crop disease
• Hold, cash in, or roll?
• Promotional tractors through the years
• Grassley frustrated with EPA’s 2026-2028 RVO timing
• Federal Ag Spending Bills to be Considered this Week
• Tar Spot Disease Pressure Is In the Forecast Now
• Tough Love: More Young Farmers Are Coming Home to Farm, But 58% Say There’s No Transition Plan in Place
• Alphabet (Google’s Parent) Exits Its Ag AI Developer Business Unit Mineral
• Curious Plot Releases Its “2024 Consumer Curiosity Report”

admin2024-07-10T11:20:22+00:00July 10th, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 07.03.2024

• California, a Leader in Organic Sales
• A Complete Picture of Water Balance
• California Avocados Ramp Up and July 4th BBQ Price Hits New Record
• Hull-Split in Almonds As Harvest Nears
• The American Farm Bureau Federation has been actively opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s new tailpipe emission standards
• DOJ Targets Antitrust Issues in Agriculture
• 2024 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Area Risk Protection Insurance Harvest Prices Announcement
• Poll: Farmer’s Sentiment Continues to Decline
• Where The Crop Acreage Shifts Occurred In Latest USDA Report
• USDA Gearing Up To Celebrate The International Year Of The Woman Farmer
• Legal Experts Continue to Weigh Effects of SCOTUS Tossing Chevron Deference
• AGCO to launch autonomous tractor retrofit kits for mixed-fleets in 2025
• Serious negotiations needed for new farm bill
• Biden-Harris administration announces proposed rule to protect indoor, outdoor workers from extreme heat
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

admin2024-07-03T15:39:11+00:00July 3rd, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 06.25.2024

• California Ag Leadership Foundation 2024 Lifetime Leadership Award Recipients
• Walnut Industry Wants Consumers to Buy Walnuts More Often
• Almond Board of California 2024 Election Results
• Off-Ground Harvesting of Almonds Update
• Economics of Pistachio Purchases
• $50 M to Support Farmworkers and Ag Employers, California Receives $4.4 M
• The Right-Size Nest can Maximize Pollination Capabilities of Solitary Bees
• Biologicals Role in Integrated Pest Management
• Crop Progress Report: 06.24.2024 (PDF)
• Clean Fuels Petitions EPA to Increase Biomass-Based Diesel Volume in RFS
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 69% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 67% Good to Excellent as of June 23
• Ag Secretary Vilsack Has A Clear Message For Farm-State Lawmakers On Passing A New Farm Bill: ‘Get Realistic’
• China lifts ban on Australian beef: Is there cause for concern in the U.S.?
• What can farmers learn from the current bird flu outbreak in dairy cows?
• Rain causing growing concern for U.S. crops
• New CBO Estimate Remains Below GOP Farm Bill Needs
• Ferrie: Great Yield Potential This Season, So Fix These Five Agronomic Problems
• Updated Congressional Budget Office Score Could Affect New Farm Bill
• Op-Ed By Ag Sec’y Vilsack: Good Biosecurity Critical To Mitigating The Spread Of H5N1
• An Overview Of U.S. Beef Production’s Past And Present

admin2024-06-25T21:18:00+00:00June 25th, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 06.18.2024

• Bulk Wine Imports Putting California Growers out of Business
• Almond Board Investments Score Worldwide Consumer Attention
• USDA Modernizes FSA, RMA Acreage Reporting by Allowing Electronic Submissions in 2024
• How to bridge the disconnect between agriculture and consumers?
• How retailers work to boost beef sales
• Crop Progress Report | June 17, 2024 | PDF
• Conservation group likes Farm Bill’s forestry provision
• Despite progress, farm bill passage growing more unlikely in 2024
• Farm bill barometer: Setting expectations
• Ranking member details Republican farm bill frameworking
• House Subcommittee Approves Ag Funding Bill
• Policy quick hits: USDA funding to help more than 11K agriculture workers
• Help wanted: Dealers confront ag mechanic shortage
• U.S. farmers shun buyers, cling to unsold corn as prices slump
• Who said grain marketing was easy?
• Agriculture as a weapon
• Family Friends Team Up To Pave a New Farming Path Forward
• Farm Succession: Don’t Neglect The Value Of Planning Farm Succession: Don’t Neglect The Value Of Planning
• Bayer Crop Science To Deliver Ten Blockbusters In Ten Years
• Judge Blocks USDA’s Disaster Program Giving Special Funding To Minority Farmers
• AGCO’s AgRevolution Dealer Offering On-Farm Parts Delivery in as Little as 2 Hours
• John Deere Makes Equipment Owner’s Manual Changes After Warning From EPA
• Farmers caught in dicamba crossfire
• An explosion of engineering innovations
• Six of the top 18 corn-growing states face moderate drought or worse
• H5N1 virus was spread by cattle, people, and shared equipment
• Sales Of Tractors And Combines In The U.S. Continue To Slump
• How The Composition Of Banks Participating In Ag Lending Has Changed

admin2024-06-18T15:36:42+00:00June 18th, 2024|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 06.12.2024

• Senate Ag GOP Unveils Farm Bill Framework from Farm Policy News | Key Priorities
• House Ag Committee Chair Thompson Applauds Senate GOP’s Farm Bill Framework
• 3 Big Things Today, June 12, 2024
• Early reactions for the Senate GOP farm bill framework
• Is success better than significance in farm business?
• Wheat breeders continue 130-year legacy
• 5 steps to simplify genetic testing
• Ambiguous Loss: Market Losses and Identity Losses
• Most Fertilizer Prices Continue to Move Lower in First Week of June
• Veterinarian Warn Of Pandemic As Avian Flu Jumps To More Species
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Welcomes Republican Senate Farm Bill Framework
• American Agri-Women Celebrates Successful 2024 Fly-In

admin2024-06-12T12:31:48+00:00June 12th, 2024|

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