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Shellfish growers who suffer losses from a qualifying natural disaster event may be eligible for assistance through the Farm Service Agency.

NASS announced Tuesday the agency will review all available acreage data for select crops.  The agency said it will review planted and harvested acreage for chickpeas, corn, cotton, dry edible peas, lentils, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and sugarbeets, in preparation for the September Crop Production report.  The rev...

While much of the attention of the 2021 growing season has been on the drought and record heat of this summer, the Idaho Potato Commission is still trying to adjust to the problems left behind by 2020. Frank Muir, Executive Director of the Idaho Potato Commission said while some progress is being made to regain market share, a lot of work remains ...

According to the latest Acreage Report, hay production is expected to be down again this year. When it comes to alfalfa hay, NASS' Lance Honig said, "16.1 million acres expected to be harvested this year. It's down 0.7% from what was actually harvested last year ...

Farmers, if you want to update your yields for the Price Loss Coverage program, and haven't done so, you only have a few days left to do it. USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator, Richard Fordyce, said farmers and landowners have not had the change to update those yields since 2014 and a lot can change in six years.  ...

Hop acreage strung for harvest this year across Washington, Oregon and Idaho is forecast at a record high 57,339 acres.  That’s a 4% increase from the acres strung last year at 55,035.  With 41,263 acres for harvest, Washington accounts for 72% of the total United States hop acreage.  Idaho comes i...

Coming up this Friday, USDA's much awaited report on planted acreage, for which 100,000 farmers or so were surveyed earlier this month. In addition to the acreage numbers, USDA will also focus on stocks.  Lance Honig with the USDA's AG Statistic's Service said farmers were not just asked about acreage, but also about their stocks of grain on farm.  ...

The total land in farms for 2017 was down from the previous year according to USDA, despite year-over-year acreage increases in some classes.  Ryan Cowen with NASS says the acres of farmland was estimated at 910 million acres  in 2017, which was down a million acres from 2016.  When lo...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a preview of its long-term planting projections Tuesday.  The USDA considers a lot of factors when making the projections, including macroeconomic conditions, GDP growth, and farm policy.  An impo...

The acreage planted of the 21 crops the USDA deems “principal crops” continued its downward trend in 2017.   USDA Chief Economist Rob Johannson said, “Our principal crop total is down 1.1 million acres from last year at 318.2 million acres.”   T...