U.S. Farmers to Plant 90M Acres of Corn - Down 5%, and 86.5M Acres of Soybeans
Acreage decreases of 300,000 acres or more from last year are expected in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Dak...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 82 min read
U.S. Agricultural Import Values Outpaced Export Values in Fiscal Year 2023 by $16.7B
According to the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS), the deficit in FY 2023 amounted to $16.7 billion, primarily driven by increased...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 31 min read
USDA Starts Renewable Energy and Fertilizer Production Projects in 44 States with $124M
Most of the projects are being funded through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Through the REAP program, USDA provides grants...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 32 min read
CSU Researchers are Targeting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Irrigation Pumping in CA, TX, and NE
The research was conducted over two years by Driscoll and her co-authors, and analyzed various data sets to estimate irrigation energy....
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 11 min read
April 2024 California Snowpack Update
California's snowpack has made a major recovery from the first 2 months of 2024. Back in January, the statewide snowpack was 28% of...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 11 min read
New $20 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers in California is Set to Start Today
As of today, fast food workers in California will have the highest guaranteed base salary in the industry. The state’s minimum wage for...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 12 min read
2022 Ag Census Statistics by California County
The 2022 Ag Census, created by the USDA, collected 6M data points on producers, production, economics, and almost every aspect of agri....
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by Sara VanderPoel
Mar 292 min read
Forecasted State Water Project Water Supply Allocation Doubles Following February Storms
The forecasted allocation is now 30 percent of requested supplies, up from the 15 percent allocation update announced last month...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Mar 292 min read
Monarch Tractor’s Autonomous & Electric MK-V is now Commercially Available to Farmers in the U.S.
Reduce your annual operational expenditure, with cost savings of up to $18K per tractor" and "save an average of 2,100 gallons of diesel...
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