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Food Loss and Waste News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. One of agriculture’s greatest challenges is more of an issue off the farm than on it. I’m talking about food waste. An estimated 30-40% of calories produced by our farmers and ranchers gets wasted. Jean Buzby is the food loss and waste liaison for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Buzby… “Its a staggering amount of wasted food in the United States from farm to table. And that has far reaching...

Hurricane Season Narrowly Misses Records Monday Dec 14th, 2020 News Reporter Here with your Southeast Regional Ag Report, I’m Tim Hammerich. 2020 was certainly an eventful year for hurricanes and tropical storms. In fact, we narrowly missed record numbers on multiple metrics. Here’s USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey. Rippey… “One of those was the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic in a single season. We had 13 hurricanes this year. The record of 15 set back in the previous r...

An estimated 30-40% of calories produced by our farmers and ranchers gets lost or wasted.

Hemp Growers Need to Consider Postharvest Plans Friday Dec 11th, 2020 News Reporter Here with your Southeast Regional Ag Report, I’m Tim Hammerich. There are always going to be challenges when learning to grow any new crop. Hemp is definitely no exception. But the biggest challenges, according to Lake County grower and processor Jammie Treadwell, may be after the crop is harvested. Treadwell… “It is a harder crop than people think to grow. But in my experience, most of the fa...

Florida Hemp Farmers News Reporter Here with your Southeast Regional Ag Report, I’m Tim Hammerich. Hemp has been a hot topic in agricultural circles in recent years. After some experience growing hemp both in Florida and out of state, Jammie Treadwell, noticed there was a lot interest but not a lot of experience growing the crop in a humid climate. Treadwell… “So we decided to start a group called Florida Hemp Farmers. And its a group of about 10 farmers this season in Lake a...

Sentinel Blueberry Variety Impresses Growers and Consumers Monday Dec 7th, 2020 News Reporter Here with your Southeast Regional Ag Report, I’m Tim Hammerich. Sentinel is the newest blueberry variety release from the University of Florida IFAS. Blueberry breeder Patricio Munoz says out of the many different cultivars examined, this one checked all of the boxes. Munoz… “It was outstanding for several characteristics that we needed for producers here. So the first one is early ...

Here is a roundup of important stories from throughout the Golden State, courtesy of the California Farm Bureau.

Helping Crops Make Their Own Fertilizer Monday Dec 7th, 2020 News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich. Legumes like soybeans and pulses don’t require added nitrogen fertilizer because of the symbiotic relationship the plants have with beneficial microbes that fix nitrogen from the air. But imagine if we could give that same ability to other crops like corn and wheat? Berkeley-based Pivot bio is using biotechnology to do just that. Here’s CEO Karsten Temme. Te...

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