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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 07.17.2023

• Technology for Farm Labor Management
• USDA Investing Funds to Reduce Wildfire Risk
• All Water Districts Must Work Together for Sustainable Future
• Washington Week Ahead: House nears spending showdown
• Farm, Forestry, Environmental, and Hunger Advocates Unite Behind 2023 Farm Bill
• Farm Bill for America’s Families | Website
• Emergency Haying, WASDE Fallout Among Coming Stories
• 7 ag stories you can’t miss – July 14, 2023
• How concentrated is agriculture?
• ‘Forever chemicals’ found in deep wells in areas with porous bedrock
• EPA denies refiner exemptions, ethanol groups say move strengthens RFS
• CoBank Says U.S. Economic Slowdown Likely Ahead
• Ag Groups Ask White House To Pursue “Comprehensive” Trade Deals
• Survey Reports Large Bipartisan Majorities Favor Prohibiting Sale Of Property Foreign Adversaries
• USDA Reports Changes In Farm Employment Over The Past 50 Years
• USDA Reports On How Ag Research Projects Are Funded
• Black Sea Grain Deal Update- “Deal to Expire Monday”
• Large Family Farms Faced Less Risk In 2021 Based On The Operating Profit Margin Ratio

admin2023-07-17T17:28:08+00:00July 17th, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 07.07.2023

• California signals to feds that a major water project is not a priority
• Debates flare over water rights as California inserts environmental justice into SGMA and courts
• Highlights From California Ag Dept’s Webinar On Prop 12 Implementation With Pork Producers
• Prop 12 enforcement will wait in California for Supreme Court ruling
• Agri-Pulse farm bill preview: Key issues and proposals for each title
• Farmers are becoming more doubtful of a farm bill in 2023
• USDA Expands Risk Management Options For Specialty Crops
• Breaking Down Worst Droughts in US History: Four Periods Stand Out
• Ethanol Inventory Down
• Override Supreme Court on livestock regulation, say meatpackers
• Farmers skeptical of farm bill as Prop 12 slayer
• Loss of glyphosate would harm U.S. agriculture, new report says
• EPA’s race to cut emissions with electric vehicles sparks concern in agriculture, auto industry
• Daybreak July 6: Many farmers expect reference price increase
• US and China: A New Trade War?
• Farmer Sentiment Rebounds On More Optimistic View Of Future In Purdue/CME’s Barometer Survey
• USDA To Hold Webinar “Concentration And Competition In U.S. Agribusiness”
• Survey Finds Average Time Spent Online Continues Falling

admin2023-07-07T13:15:34+00:00July 7th, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 06.30.2023

• California officials explain Prop 12 requirements for pork farmers
• New Agricultural Economist Survey Forecasts Key Drivers Of U.S. Ag Outlook
• Safety net remains a priority for farmers in 2023 Farm Bill discussions
• Canada Fire Smoke May Affect Pollinating Corn
• Grains consolidate losses ahead of USDA data
• Pay, flexibility top-of-mind for today’s farm workers
• EPA says it will revise wetlands rule in line with Supreme Court decision
• High Production Costs Could Weigh on the Ag Economy Through 2024, New Survey of Economists Finds
• EPA, Corps plan ‘surgical’ update to WOTUS rule by Sept. 13 Farm Bill
• Farmer says volatility in sector is becoming increasingly hard to manage
• USDA Releases Cost-of-Production Forecast
• AI Applications In Agriculture And Legal Implications
• USDA: Prices For Genetically Modified Seeds Have Risen Much Faster Than Non-GM Seeds

admin2023-06-30T12:56:47+00:00June 30th, 2023|

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Update: 06.23.2023

California Governor Delays Implementation Of Prop 12, NPPC Issue Statement

admin2023-06-23T12:43:11+00:00June 23rd, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 06.18.2023

• New Water Ruling Could Ease Restrictions for Producers
• California Signs of Improvement and El Nino Forecast Official
• Promoting Almond Consumption to Next Generation
• Prop 12 Creating Trade Issues
• 3 Big Things Today, June 16, 2023
• US ag bolstered by tentative West Coast labor deal
• Legislative rider directs USDA to block farmland purchases by four nations
• Commodity Giants Bunge and Viterra Join Forces in $18 Billion Merger
• Ag Marketing IQ: Balancing drought and potential rain in the forecast
• 1st hurdle: Enough plants for high yields
• Administration Partners with Ag Producers to Strengthen Markets, Create Jobs
• A Look at Agriculture in Drought
• House Republicans propose stiff tax on foreign farmland purchases
• Webinar Explores How to Use Land-Based Income to Increase Profits

admin2023-06-18T07:42:56+00:00June 18th, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers | 06.05.2023

• Supreme Court Says EPA’s WOTUS Rule Went “Too Far”
• Napa grape prices up amid tonnage declines
• Drinking preferences: The decline of wine
• Pistachio Grower Who Has Been in the Industry—A long Time!
• Recognizing that More Water Storage is More Critical Than Ever
• Almond Alliance pushes ahead on trade issues
• Napa marks 20 years of pest exclusion efforts
• Washington Week Ahead: House Ag puts focus on SNAP, Senate panel examines horticulture title
• WASDE, El Nino and Debt Next Steps
• Wheat Abandonment Could Be Most Since World War I
• Cost of Carry Adds Pressure to Basis | Elevators Will Lower Bids, Widen Basis as Higher Interest Rates Push Grain Storage Costs to Records
• U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over GM corn, after formal consultations fail
• Statement by Secretary Vilsack Regarding USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations Request on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures
• Lawsuit would force EPA to regulate coated seeds
• DTN: “Fertilizer Prices Mostly Higher for First Time Since November”
• FAO Food Price Index at Two-Year Low
• U.S. Requests USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations on Mexico’s Ag Biotech Measures
• What Makes a Good Farm Manager?
• U.S. Agricultural Exports Generated Additional $190.5 Billion In Economic Activity In 2021
• FMC Corp Releases Its 2022 Sustainability Report
• Foreign ownership restriction likely in 2023 Farm Bill
• Comparing Crop Insurance Net Farm Indemnities and Crop Production Profits
• Six Essential Strengths Of Crop Insurance
• USDA: April Price Indices Mixed
• EPA Finds No “Forever Chemicals” In Its Pesticide Tests
• U.S. Agricultural Exports in Fiscal Year 2023 Forecast Down, Lower Grain Exports Expected
• Fertilizers’ Prices Mostly Higher for First Time Since November
• Feeder Cattle Prices Supported by Tight Supplies and Excellent Demand
• Ag communication tool to reduce spray drift
• Global demand worries trigger grains selloff
• The advantages of using crossbred, composite bulls
• Failed Antibiotic Now a Game Changing Weed Killer for Farmers
• How Can Seed Enhancement Effect the Viability of and Vigor of Seeds?
• House passes bill to increase debt limit, modify SNAP rules
• At Senate hearing, farmers lament rising H-2A wage rates
• House Ag may tie commodity program boost to input costs, with regional implications
• SCOTUS wetlands decision could ripple across legal landscape

 

 

admin2023-06-05T10:08:21+00:00June 5th, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.26.2023

• California Wildfire Insurance and Data Shows Few Bright Spots for Export Sales
• FMC Friday Avaunt eVo Insect Control
• Almond Rootstock Trials Continue
• Robotic hand developed to pick blackberries
• CA Raisin Grower Shares Experience with Two New Complete DOV Varieties
• Supreme Court narrows reach of Clean Water Act in wetlands case
• EPA to Recommend Delaying Electric Vehicles Biofuel Program
• Seed and soybean groups blast EPA rule on plant-incorporated protectants
• How House Democrats plan to shape the farm bill
• SCOTUS Sides With Sacketts in CWA Case | Supreme Court Sides With Sacketts in Clean Water Act Case
• Five Takeaways from the DTN Ag Summit Series and Replay Details
• El Nino Cost Study Points to ‘Have’ and ‘Have Not’ World Regions
• Crop Insurance by the Numbers | Crop Insurance in America
• Out of the darkness: Farmer shines light on mental health
• Does U.S. have a federal foreign ownership law? | The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act was enacted to collect data to monitor foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land.
• 3 Things to Know About Purchasing Farmland Now
• The U.S. Now Has a Nearly 90% Chance of Seeing El Niño This Summer
• Farmers Business Network Finance Launches Instant Approval For Land Loans
• NASA’s Newest Mission is Focused on Helping U.S. Farmers

admin2023-05-26T12:20:09+00:00May 26th, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.15.2023

• Almond Acreage Drops But Rains, Trade Boost Hopes
• Western Growers Survey Reports 70% Of Farmers Are Using Automation, Spend $500,000 Annually
• U.S. Supreme Court preserves California humane pig confinement law
• SCOTUS California Prop 12 Decision to Have National Impact | Agriculture groups claim it sets a dangerous precedent moving forward
• Farmers Testify: In Congress That Crop Insurance Works
• May WASDE Report (PDF)
• Why USDA is Making Major Assumptions About New Crop Supply and Demand in May WASDE Report
• Biden, congressional leaders search for debt ceiling deal as deadline looms
• CBO raises estimated cost of farm bill programs
• Boozman: President Biden backs an on-time farm bill
• Export sales: More lackluster results
• Semi Truck values soften as new inventory increases
• USDA streamlines Conservation Easement Program
• Carbon’s Next Chapter On The Farm
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Calls On To Producers To Fight The Animal Rights Groups Infiltrating Our Industry
• House Ag Committee Issues Report On Its Meeting With President Biden

admin2023-05-15T12:22:33+00:00May 15th, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.12.2023

• 3 Big Things Today, May 12, 2023
• SCOTUS upholds California’s Prop 12 animal housing law
• California Farm Water Coaliton Helps Educate Consumers
• California Wildfire Worries and Gas Prices Fall Again
• California Ag Land Foreign Purchases and Farm Sector Real Estate Debt
• Fruit Growers Report | No Respect for Ag Pt 2
• What Mother’s Day (Truthfully) Looks Like on the Farm
• Labor and Immigration
• Biden, Ag committee leaders hold ‘very cordial’ farm bill discussion
• Export sales: More lackluster results
• Oklahoma Producer credits cover crops for saving dryland cotton crop
• Colo. right-to-repair law could inspire other states
• TAPS sorghum winner shares strategies
• Eichberger: decarbonization and electrification are not the same
• “China May Cancel More US Corn,” as Extension Agreement on Black Sea Grain Deal “Nearing”
• Food Prices Climb 7.7 Percent Over the Last Year
• Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery Beneath Soybean Field
• USDA ag promotion programs get spotlight at hearing
• Purdue Survey Shows Which Organic Foods Consumers Are Purchasing
• Margin, Price, Revenue in the Farm Bill Commodity Program Context
• KC Federal Reserve Reports Ag Credit Conditions Hold Strong As Interest Rates Rise
• April U.S. 4WD Tractor Sales Up 54%; Combine Sales Up 23%
• Scientists Use Gene-Editing To Produce First BVD Resistant Calf

 

 

 

admin2023-05-15T12:19:06+00:00May 12th, 2023|

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Ag News for CA & AZ Producers: 05.05.2023

• Calif. snow survey finds 241% of average
• FAQ Sheet Regarding the Class Action Lawsuit for CA Raisin Growers
• ‘Surge’ of FSA workers to respond to floods, official says
• FMC Friday Start Watching for Naval Orange Worms
• Almond Nut Set Looks Light for One Grower
• ChatGPT Technology as a Precision Ag Data Mangement Tool
• Calif. offers $69m in soils, water grants
• Crop Insurance Coalition’s Testimony: A Critical Risk Management Tool, Key For Conservation
• Bank Failures and Ag Credit Access Ag Lenders See Tighter Credit Tied to Regional Bank Collapses
• Wheat prices shine in second consecutive session
• Bayer to enhance Channel brand and simplify seed buying
• Corn export sales slide to marketing year low
• Young farmers rely on diversification and connections for growth
• Report finds U.S. food and ag sectors’ impact exceeds pre-pandemic levels
• Wheat Climbs Following Kremlin Attack, While “China Has Approved the Safety of a Gene-Edited Soybean”
• Doomsday Addiction: Celebrating 50 years of Failed Climate Predictions
• Input suppliers bullish on farmer demand amid strong crop markets
• Rural bankers ask for tax exemptions at Senate Ag hearing
• First-time farm bill drafters face ‘learning curve’
• Base or no base: Lawmakers debate whether to let new acres into farm bill programs
• Fact Sheet: USDA Is Fighting for Fair, Competitive, and Transparent Markets
• Peanut Grower Participates in Farm Bill Hearing
• Ag Exports Generated Additional $190.5 Billion In Economic Activity In 2021

admin2023-05-12T12:37:07+00:00May 5th, 2023|

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