Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 06.10.2024

• What Nut Growers Can Do to Combat the New Carpophilus Pest
• Rising Fruit Fly Populations Concern California Growers
• U.S. Wine Industry Gathers to Discuss Opportunities and Value of Sustainability
• Almond growers encouraged to answer survey
• Grassley doesn’t expect farm bill movement in June
• Farmland market on stable ground
• Stabenow says House crop updates play favorites
• What Nut Growers Can Do to Combat the New Carpophilus Pest
• Rising Fruit Fly Populations Concern California Growers
• USDA Reports Preview | June WASDE Revisits Wheat Estimates, South American Progress
• How to prep for space weather disturbances
• 5 Next Gen Farmers Share Perspective On What’s To Come For Agriculture
• A Silent Legacy Will Fail: 3 Ways to Protect Your Assets Now
• Revised Regs Will Result In Little Ethanol Being Used In Aviation Fuel

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 06.03.2024

• Global Alcohol Beverage Consumption Drops, Impacting California Wine Industry
• Fresno County Leads Nation in Processing Tomato Production (May California Forecast)
• 5-Year Pistachio Crop Forecast Reveals Tremendous Growth
• Board to discuss economic development initiatives Calif. panel will also receive updates on Farm Bill, SGMA, state budget.
• Grower finds success with regenerative approach to organic blueberry production in British Columbia
• What’s up with chlorpyrifos and dicamba?
• Farm Progress America, June 3, 2024
• Are changes coming to the hemp industry? Farm bill amendment may restrict CBD sales
• Harvesting Insights: How AI Crop Scouting Is Driving Decisions
• Weather Continues to Snarl Farmer Planting Progress
• Federal Judge Drops Cow-Calf Producers as Plaintiffs in Price-Fixing Case Against Packers
• Top 5 Checklist for Pasture Turnout Before Turning Cattle Out on Grass | Consider These Management Decisions
• USDA announces emergency funding to fight avian influenza
• Ag container shipments could be tied up with possible port dispute
• Evaluating hail damaged crops
• Producer investments to improve beef quality continue to pay off

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.28.2024

• China trade war would hurt California, study says
• Coalition Urges Congressional Fix to Prop 12
• A Deep Dive into Strawberry Research
• House Agriculture Committee approves farm bill with 4 Democratic votes
• Weather, Farm Bill and Crop Progress
• Prospects to Boost Meat Export Sales
• Are Bigger Carcass Weights Really What the Industry Needs
• GOP Members Hold Off Attempts to Amend Farm Bill in Late-Night Committee Vote
• Farmers Fight Weather in Planting Race
• Are any big rallies in the corn picture?
• Farming through the eyes of a college student
• FP Next: How to get paid for carbon on your farm
• Secretary Naig Applauds Bipartisan Committee Passage of House Farm Bill
• UPDATE: An Unraveled Genetic Mystery in Angus
• Vilsack announces domestic fertilizer projects from CCC

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.21.2024

• Water Resources Development Act Heads to Committee
• Almond Pasteurization Has Helped Keep Food Safety at High Level
• UC study estimates blackberry costs
• Nevada wants more organic growers
• GOP farm bill increases crop subsidy ceiling by 24%
• May 20, 2024 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• AI Use Cases in Agriculture
• Policy quick hits: The farm bill reaction edition
• House GOP Farm Bill Provides Big Boost to Reference Prices; What You Need to Know
• Ethanol Groups Ask Supreme Court to Reverse Appeals Court Decision on SREs
• Derrell Peel: So far so good, but be cautious of 2024 pasture and hay conditions
• Cut the middleman out of your beef operation
• Group calls for swift guidance on 45Z clean fuels tax credit
• USDA Release Report Showing Volume Of Ag Exports By Type of Commodity
• Nat’l Young Farmers Coalition Opposes First Draft Of House Farm Bill Text
• USDA Releases Feed Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.13.2024

• USDA forecasts larger almond crop Yield to go up 21% despite acreage decline, according to a preliminary estimate.
• House Ag Committee Chair Thompson Releases Additional 2024 Farm Bill Details, Issues Open Letter
• Crop Insurance Gets A Boost In Both The House’s And Senate’s Version Of The Farm Bill
• Farm bill progress or posturing? The coming weeks will tell if lawmakers are truly serious about passing a new farm bill.
• May 2024 WASDE Report (PDF)
• Mental Health Hope & Help – 4 Gender Differences Exist in Farmer Emotional Health
• USDA Reports Review | Corn Surges on Lower-Than-Expected Stocks; Wheat, Soy Finish With Solid Gains After Mostly Neutral Report
• Timing Critical for Forage Production | For Optimal Forage Production, Consider Proper Timing of Pasture Turnout
• La Nina to return by late summer
• Understand agronomic costs to meet grain marketing goals
• USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1
• Audit Finds Potential Fraud in Biofuels Tax Credit Program
• Economist: Age of U.S. Farmers is Not a Problem
• House To Consider Financial Innovation And Technology For The 21st Century Act
• USDA Releases Map Showing Where Cover Crops Are Used

 

 

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.06.2024

• Almond Board elections underways 
• Protecting Pistachios from Botryosphaeria
• Bearing almond acreage drops slightly
• Grape by-products reduce dairy cow emissions
• Top 5 Things to Watch This Week | May WASDE and Wet Fields Top Headlines
• Chairwoman Stabenow says members are committed to getting a farm bill finished
• Farm Bill: A Short History and Summary
• House farm bill proposes SNAP cuts
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Supports House Ag Committee’s Farm Bill Framework, But Not The Senate’s
• 43% Fewer Farmers Are Raising Wheat Compared To 20 Years Ago
• Fed helps farmers – for now
• Rural Americans Still Face Mental Health Stigma, Scarcity of Resources, But Outlook Is Improving
• Commodities Hit a Wall — in a Good Way?
• Bayer Issues Open Letter On Glyphosate: American Agriculture Is At Risk
• USDA Issues Map Showing Concentration Of Specialty Crop Farms

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Breaking 2024 Farm Bill News!

 

May 02, 2024

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 04.30.2024

• Bearing almond acreage drops slightly
• Calif. pot industry owes $732m in taxes
• Feds to install solar panels over Western canals | U.S. Interior Department announces $19 million for projects in California, Oregon, Utah.
• Calif. increases State Water Project allocation
• Successful Farming | 3 Big Things Today, April 30, 2024
• Crop Progress Report | April 29, 2024 | PDF
• A Margin Squeeze is Setting in Across Row-Crop Farms, and 80% of Ag Economists Are Now Concerned It’ll Accelerate Consolidation
• 5 reasons artificial intelligence makes farmers nervous
• FP Next: How to manage farm stress when it’s busy
• Vilsack calls Tuesday’s GREET model a placeholder
• Watch borrowing as inflation sticks around
• Cash Market Moves 2024 Planting Season Has Been Early for Many Midwest Farmers: Part 2
• CNH Inks Deal for Broad Internet Access
• Swine industry concerned about avian influenza
• Nebraska, Iowa communities recover from devastating tornado outbreak
• Where have cash rents increased the most?
• Labor Department Finalizes Rule for H-2A Ag Worker Program
• NAAA Urges Drone Operators To Give Right-Of-Way To Low-Altitude Ag Aircraft
• USDA Announces Rural Partners Economic Development Funding
• Farmers Nat’l Co. Reports Demand, Prices For Farmland Remain Strong Despite Weakened Farm Economy
• John Deere Defuses Three Myths About Electric Vehicles
• Farmers Report Their Attitude Of Five Ag Tech Technology Initiatives In Farm Journal Survey

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 04.22.2024

• Today is Earth Day | 10 Surprising Facts About Earth Day
• Today Is Earth Day, Here Are The Planned Activities
• Prop 12 needs to be blocked, Rep. Nunn says
• Farm Bill Draft Expected by Memorial Day
• Top 5 Things to Watch
• Our Rural Roots | Soak Up Spring’s Simple Pleasures
• EPA to again allow summer E15
• 7 ag stories you can’t miss week ending April 19, 2024
• Inventory pyramid will pay off for cattle business
• Grains end last week in the green
• Swampbuster rule is unconstitutional, says Iowa lawsuit
• What effects will the Port of Baltimore closure have on agriculture?
• U.S. agriculture emissions lowest since 2012
• Senate Finance Committee: ag needs real trade agenda
• High input prices concerning with low commodity prices, farmer says
• March cattle placements fall sharply
• U.S. will again be a net beef importer in ‘24
• 25 States Sue EPA Over Its Vehicle Emissions Mandate
• USDA Releases Report Showing Changes In Food Spending By State

 

 

 

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 04.17.2024

• Sustainable vineyards earn Green Medal awards
• House Ag Chair Readies Farm Bill Ag Will Like, But Force Democrats to Choose
• House Republicans embrace ‘pretty radical’ farm bill ideas — Vilsack
• 30 Years In and Still Reforming – New Keep America Growing Podcast Episode
• How to access all-inclusive fertilizer recommendations
• Vilsack: limited budget and time caused report cancellations
• McKalip: progress made on U.S. ethanol import tariffs
• Ukraine Walked Away From New Black Sea Grain Deal
• Bayer and Allies form coalition to support glyphosate use
• USDA approves enhanced bioengineered hemp for medicinal use
• Inaugural Report Showing Ransomware Trends In Food And Agriculture Industry Released
• April 15, 2024 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Vilsack raps right-wing policy proposals for farm bill
• Growing a Crop This Year is Crucial for Drought-Stricken Texas Farmers, 2024 is Now Make or Break For Many
• Bearish sentiment pushes grain prices lower
• Ag Secretary Criticizes House GOP Study Group Plan to Slash Farm Programs
• Railroads Protest Federal Railroad Administration Two-Person Crew Rule
• 3 Farmers Find New Revenue Streams
• Tune in to farm metrics this spring
• Farm Progress: FP Next: Finding affordable healthcare coverage
• Research team unveils next-generation fungicide
• Lack of data problematic for the cattle industry
• McKalip: progress made on U.S. ethanol import tariffs
• Still much to learn about HPAI in cattle
• USDA Releases Map Showing Food Price Increase By Metro Area In 2023
• Court Rules In Favor Of Farmers Edge In Patent Suit Brought By AGI SureTrack
• USDA Releases Data On Use Of Genetically Engineered Crops By Farmers

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