California Tea Potential and Ethanol Production Higher
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**Aside from water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world, found in almost 80% of U.S. households, according to the Tea Association of the USA.
University of California Extension Center’s Atef Swelam would like to see California farmers capitalize on this untapped market.
He says as San Joaquin Valley farmland is retired to comply with California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, tea could give growers a way to maximize profit per acre.
**U.S. ethanol production increased to the highest output in several weeks, in the latest report, signaling stronger demand for the corn-based biofuel heading into the spring driving season.
Production averaged about 1.126 million barrels per day during the week ending March 6, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Higher ethanol production typically boosts demand for corn.
The ethanol industry consumes roughly one-third of the nation’s corn crop each year.
**The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is aware of online rumors alleging a new or unknown animal disease is circulating in a Texas Panhandle feedlot, but want you to know, these claims are false.
Animal health officials from USDA, state of Texas, along with leaders at Texas Cattle Feeders Association, have confirmed there is no such disease present.
NCBA encourages everyone, producers, media, and the public, to rely on credible sources and verified information.
