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CFB's Capital Ag Conference and USTR on Foreign Trade Barriers
The Agribusiness Update
Water flows big topic at California Farm Bureau's Capital Ag Conference recently in Sacramento, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai released the 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers.
CFB's Capital Ag Conference and USTR on Foreign Trade Barriers
The Agribusiness Update
Water flows big topic at California Farm Bureau's Capital Ag Conference recently in Sacramento, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai released the 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers.
Georgia Peanut Commission Research Funding, and USTR on Foreign Trade Barriers
The Agribusiness Update
The Georgia Peanut Commission approves over $791,000 in research project funding for the 2024-25 research budget year, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai released the 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers.
Zalom Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
California Ag Today
Dr. Frank Zalom was honored for his remarkable 40-plus year career as a distinguished professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis.
Automation: Taking Jobs or Creating Opportunities?
Farm of the Future
Automation is coming and it will continue to displace human labor. Some are concerned that this technology might come for their job.
Will This Robotics Company Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
Farm of the Future
I asked Alex Gutierrez of L5 Automation why he thinks their robotic strawberry picker can succeed where others have failed.
A New Way To Pick Strawberries
Farm of the Future
The team at L5 Automation developed engineering skills in aerospace and are now applying them to agricultural automation.
Processing Tomato Acreage Down and Trade Mission to South Korea
The Agribusiness Update
California farmers are scaling down their processing tomato acreage this year with boosted inventory, and representatives from 49 U.S. organizations will join the USDA’s agribusiness trade mission to Seoul, South Korea.
American Farming Automation Continues to Advance
California Ag Today
Precision agriculture has come a long way in recent years and will continue to develop quickly. Matt Olson, Precision Ag Manager for John Deere, says off-farm folks might not know how much automation there is on American farms today.
Vilsack Calls Ag Census a Wake-Up Call
Southeast Regional Ag News
As a nation, are we okay losing 20 million acres of farmland in 5 years? That's the latest statistic coming from the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Challenges of the Custom Harvesting Industry
Farm of the Future
Many farmers across the country rely on the services of custom harvesters for a wide variety of crops.
Ag Automation Growing and John Deere Partners with SpaceX
The Agribusiness Update
With farm labor costs increasing, growers continue to look to automation to do jobs traditionally done by people, and John Deere announced it entered into an agreement with SpaceX to provide cutting-edge satellite communications service to farmers.
Automation Doesn't Have To Mean Fully Autonomous
Farm of the Future
One of the challenges with farm equipment is that it’s a major investment for to solve a problem that only exists during certain parts of the year.
Rail Crossings to Mexico Reopened and Exports Important for Holiday Treats
The Agribusiness Update
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reopened the
Eagle Pass and El Paso rail crossings into Mexico, and USDA’s Foreign Ag Service is reminding us that exports are important to those holiday treats we’ve been enjoying recently.
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Organization Focuses on Entomological Scientific and Policy Concerns
Line on Agriculture
Texas A&M Assistant Professor Lina Bernoala also serves as the Vice President of the Entomological Society of America. Her research focuses on the primary pests of rice.
