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Farm Bill to Full Senate
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The farm bill recently took an important step forward when the Senate Ag Committee voted to advance the legislation to the full Senate.
When the Vineyard Work Dries Up
California Ag Today
California’s winegrape downturn is reshaping jobs along with acreage.
Digital Acreage Reporting
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Digital crop acreage reporting has just gone national, rather than the way it used to be at FSA county offices.
New fertilizer plant
Idaho Ag Today
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: "Together we take the latest and perhaps the greatest at least step so far moving backward American fertilizer independence."
Idaho hop acres up
Idaho Ag Today
Idaho hop acres rebound a little….After plummeting the past two years.
OSU Grape - Wine Smoke Analysis and USDA Technology Project
The Agribusiness Update
The Smoke, Wine, and Grapes Analytical Chemistry Lab at Oregon State University is open for business, and USDA is launching a pilot project that relies more heavily on technology to improve its U.S. crop acreage and yield estimates.
USDA Looks to Modernize How It Builds Crop Estimates
California Ag Today
With farmer survey response rates declining, USDA is looking to satellites, streamlined reporting and new technology to strengthen agricultural data.
USDA Rethinks the Numbers Behind Crop Reports
Southeast Regional Ag News
A new modernization plan looks to ease the survey burden on farmers while bringing satellite imagery and other technology into USDA data collection.
A farmer's weed philosophy
Idaho Ag Today
Charlie Johnson of Johnson Farms has thoughts on crop rotation and weed control.
EPA Grants RFS Exemptions, USDA Introduces New Rancher Intiative
Line on Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency has granted 1.76 billion gallons of exemptions from the 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard. EPA plans to reallocate these volumes to 2026 and 2027 obligations, effectively neutralizing the impact.
Meanwhile, the USDA's Ranchers First Initiative introduces a new insurance option for ranchers to retain heifers for breeding, expands disaster assistance, supports small beef processors, and prioritizes American beef in federal procurement.
Read More Constellation announces $100 million
Idaho Ag Today
Constellation announces $100 million investment that includes Idaho farmers.
California golden mussels
Idaho Ag Today
In October 2024, golden musselswere detected in the Port of Stockton near Sacramento.
Quaggas down in Snake River
Idaho Ag Today
Sampling Shows Another Decline in Snake River Quagga Mussel Population.
Wheat Prices
Idaho Ag Today
Lower domestic wheat production forecast as expected, led to tightening of USDA's U.S. wheat balance sheet in August.
Wildfire in Southeast Oregon
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
A large wildfire burning this week in southern Oregon is close to “getting out of hand.”
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and Cyclospora Investigation
The Agribusiness Update
California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act could ultimately remove 500,000 to 1 million acres from production as farmers adapt to limited groundwater supplies, and the International Fresh Produce Association is asking federal health officials to expand how they investigate Cyclospora outbreaks.
Farm Bureau Warns Base Acre Proposal Could Cost California Farmers
California Ag Today
Policy group says mandatory update could reduce commodity program support.
Adoption of High-Tech Sprayers and Farmland Values Climb
The Agribusiness Update
An increasing number of California specialty crop farmers are minimizing labor and chemical costs through the adoption of high-tech herbicide sprayers, and the average value of U.S. cropland has climbed above $6,000 an acre for the first time.