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Sustainable Groundwater Challenges and Farmer Sentiment Jumps in November
The Agribusiness Update
As California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ramps up, farmers who learned late about the far-reaching law have encountered additional challenges, and farmer sentiment jumped in November as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer climbed 30 points to 145, the highest since 2021.
Mycorrhizal Fungi to Solubilize Nitrogen
Farm of the Future
There are a lot of biological products on the market. But they run the gamut in terms of their efficacy and consistency.
New UC Davis Ag Research Facility and Oregon Pig has H5N1
The Agribusiness Update
Advances in crop production and preservation are poised for a new location as the USDA’s Ag Research Service broke ground for a modernized facility at UC Davis, and a pig in Oregon is the first in the U.S. to test positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus.
California Water Act Costing Farmers and Irrigated Cropland Acres Down
The Agribusiness Update
California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has left some San Joaquin Valley farmers in dire financial straits, and the latest USDA Census of Agriculture data shows just under 55 million acres of U.S. cropland was irrigated in 2022, the lowest since 1992.
Farmland Values Down and Frutonomia Podcast
The Agribusiness Update
The value of farmland in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, California’s agricultural heartland, has fallen this year for a couple of different reasons, and RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness team announced the launch of its Frutonomía podcast, co-hosted by hort and fresh produce analysts David Magaña and Gonzalo Salinas.
Life Essentials
Idaho Ag Today
Kathleen SMITH is the CEO of a company called Life Essentials.
Milton Impact on Florida Citrus and Weed Robots for Herbicides
The Agribusiness Update
Bloomberg reports that "oranges and some citrus trees are lying useless on the ground in Florida's groves after Hurricane Milton, and farmers are looking to weeding robots as herbicide resistance solution.
Little to the feds
Idaho Ag Today
Gov. Brad Little recently sent a tersely worded letter to the White House telling the administration to keep its hands off of Idaho’s groundwater.
Georgia National Fair and Rules to Prevent Organic Fraud
The Agribusiness Update
The Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter is alive as hundreds of thousands of guests’ flock to Perry to celebrate the 35th Annual Georgia National Fair, and new rules to prevent organic fraud have been praised by organic farmers for helping to protect the organic label.
GA's First Vegetable Cold Storage and WASDE Report for July
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia's First Vegetable Cold Storage facility in Peach County, and the 2024-25 WASDE report calls for larger corn supplies, lower domestic use, greater exports, and smaller ending stocks.
Pest Management Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
Pest management is not just a problem for commercial growers. Many untended orchards and backyard fruit trees that don’t get the care they need are a major breeding ground for pests like apple maggots and the coddling moth.
Pest Management Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
Pest management is not just a problem for commercial growers. Many untended orchards and backyard fruit trees that don’t get the care they need are a major breeding ground for pests like apple maggots and the coddling moth.
Mycorrhizal Fungi Can Offer 'Logistics' To Your Soil
Farm of the Future
Beneficial fungi can now be purchased as a product to help plant roots access more nutrients.
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and Wheat Production Higher
The Agribusiness Update
As California farmers prepare for groundwater cutbacks with implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, they are trying to stretch every drop, and U.S. wheat production for 2024-25 is forecast at 2.008 billion bushels, the largest crop since 2016-17.