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Monday, October 18, 2021
“Exceptional growing conditions” for almonds will allow the 2020/21 crop to reach 3 billion pounds this year, which will drop prices to historical lows, according to a new report from RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness.
Cattle, dairy and hog producers as well as corn and soybean growers are expected to collect the largest shares of USDA’s $16 billion in coronavirus relief payments, which are designed to compensate for losses in sales or market value between January and April.
Farmers can start enrolling next week for $16 billion in coronavirus relief payments, but the Agriculture Department has decided to prorate the aid to ensure there is enough money to go around, Agri-Pulse has learned.
The USDA announced Monday that it will be spending an additional $470 million this year to purchase a wide variety of ag products, sparking cheers from farm groups and lawmakers.
Almost overnight specialty crop producers changed the way they operated by staggering work times, increasing shuttle transports, and providing educational training to keep employees safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mexican immigrants have gradually advanced from farmworker to become the most typical California strawberry farmer, but now they faces challenges over labor and affordable farmland.
Drug smugglers keep looking for unique ways to transport drugs across our southern border, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have successfully uncovered recent attempts to pack drugs along with strawberries and avocados coming in from Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - The University of California Regents and California Berry Cultivars (CBC) have settled a lawsuit over ownership of strawberry varieties.
