Will Southern California be the 'Napa Valley of coffee'?

California's first coffee harvest was just five years ago, and though the nascent crop is still small — production is expected to be six to eight times what it was last year.

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Ginning Up a Market for US Cotton in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is the fifth-largest export market for U.S. cotton, with export values exceeding $339 million in 2023.

Rice production in the U.S. by length of grain 2020 | Statista

This statistic shows the rice production in the United States, from 2000 to 2020, by length of grain.

Large supplies pull back some grain gains

Recap for October 7 Wheat futures were mixed Thursday, with winter wheat mostly lower on concerns US exporters will struggle to compete with overseas suppliers, but a shortage of high-protein hard red spring wheat boosted spring wheat futures. Corn futures hit a one-week low in early trading before bouncing back to end slightly higher on the day as investors squared positions ahead of next week’s updated harvest forecast from the US Department of Agriculture. Signals of good export demand for US soybeans sent soybean and . . .

Farm briefs: Pecan Field Day coming up

Pecan Field Day April 11

Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Linwood Scott III climbs two-story tobacco cropping machines with real agility and apparently no thought to falling. The sixth-generation tobacco farmer is proud of his machinery…

Application period for Arkansas Rice scholarship now open

Arkansas students expected to graduate in 2025 are now eligible to apply for up to $17,500 in scholarship funding.

Rhode Island farmers, forest owners, oyster growers, and urban growers can apply for conservation funding from USDA

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is currently accepting applications from producers across Rhode Island for conservation funding. The funding is part of an effort to help farmers, forest owners, […]

A changing landscape:

DAYTON — As the area continues to grow, it brings change, but for a once thriving rice farming community, its rich history has become a thing of the past. Last week, a pair of local projects helped make that reality even more apparent as crews began demolition of the old American Rice Growers dryer in downtown Dayton, and land developers announced they had obtained an area off Highway 99 and FM 686 from a family synonymous with the rice industry. The dryer served as a hub for rice farmers. In fact, Dayton's moniker, the crossroads, is due in great part to that very facility.