Category Archives: Agriculture News
Lower Horsepower Tractors Bright Spot in Machine Sales
US retail sales of farm tractors under 40 horsepower were up 33 percent for March of 2016, and up 26 percent year-to-date. A report on Successful Farming at Agriculture.com says the 2 wheel drive cate...
Apr 27, 2016
FBI, USDA Warn of Equipment Hacking Risks
The FBI is warning agriculture against data breaches that may expose farming data through internet-connected farming equipment, according to Precision Farming Dealer magazine. The FBI, along with USDA...
Apr 26, 2016
Vermont Grocers Seeking Labeling Law Delay
The Vermont Retail and Grocers Association wants the state to delay its GMO labeling law that is slated to start July first. The Vermont Business Magazine reported Monday that the Association is suppo...
Apr 25, 2016
Senate Strikes Down Anti-WOTUS Amendment
The U.S. Senate failed to pass a measure that would block the Clean Water Act rule, otherwise known as the Waters of the U.S. rule. Senators voted 56-42, failing to reach the required 60 votes to atta...
Apr 22, 2016
Study Finds University Extension Programs Keep Farmers in Business
A new study says federal cooperative extension programs at land-grant universities help farmers stay in business. The researchers say since 1985, 137,000 farmers would have left the industry without t...
Apr 21, 2016
Majority of Florida Citrus Trees Infected by Greening
Florida’s citrus growers say as much as 90 percent of citrus acreage and 80 percent of trees are infected by the deadly greening disease, which is making a huge dent in the state’s $10.7 b...
Apr 20, 2016
Action On TPP Possible if Fixes Made
Politico reports there may be a possibility of action on the Trans Pacific Partnership as early as this summer in the House Ways and Means Committee. Committee Chair Kevin Brady said action would only...
Apr 19, 2016
US Rice Production Down 13 Percent Last Year
Rice production in the United Stated declined 13 percent in 2015 to 192.3 million hundredweight, down 29.9 million hundredweight from a year earlier, according to USDA's Economic Research Service. USD...
Apr 18, 2016
Lower Farm Income Dampening Farm Economy
Agriculture groups are telling lawmakers farmers are facing increased financial pressure in an economic downturn brought on by low commodity prices. At a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing Thursda...
Apr 15, 2016
State Holds Workshop On Fumigant Pesticide Notification
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is holding a workshop in Fresno to hear ideas from various stakeholder groups on how to notify residents living around agricultural fields, whe...
Apr 14, 2016
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