The Colorado River crisis is challenging farmers in California’s Imperial Valley, the irrigated desert region that produces the lion’s share of America’s winter vegetables.
Fresh-market vegetable crops in California, Florida, and Mexico were hit with a variety of bad weather events this year that reduced supplies and contributed to higher shipping-point prices.
The National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council applauded the Biden administration last week for its initiation of a second U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement dispute panel.
Although Christmas is six months away, poinsettia growers are already deciding how many plants to prepare for the coming holidays, made challenging by the pandemic.
The USDA is offering contracts for its massive food box program to companies that were passed over in the first round of contracts for technical errors.