strawberries

The American Farm Bureau and John Deere signed a memorandum of understanding ensurings farmers’ and ranchers’ rights to repair their own equipment.

University of California, Davis, is getting $6.2 million in federal funding for research to protect California strawberries from disease and pests.

Climate change represents an “existential threat” to agriculture in California. CA Depart. of Food and Agriculture, who says 8 of 20 major crops grown in California could be most affected by increasingly hot and dry conditions.

University of California, Davis researchers have discovered genes in strawberries that may help ward off a deadly soilborne disease.

Strong demand for strawberries is encouraging California farmers to plant more. Strawberry acreage is up by more than 6% since last year.

A recent Bloomberg report says China, which consumes half the world’s pork, has a goal to be mostly self-sufficient in pork production.

People have been buying more strawberries during the pandemic, which has increased demand for the starter plants farmers use to grow the crop.

The USDA reports the Consumer Price Index for fresh fruit declined from January through July, before rising slightly in August.

With African swine fever carving such a big chunk out of China’s hog herds, the world’s biggest meat consumer is turning to other protein sources.