2011 California seeded rice acreage is estimated at 572,000 acres including long grain rice 5,000 acres, medium grain 527,000 acres, and short grain 40,000 acres....More

The latest California Field Crop Review from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. California, U.S. cotton California's 2010 Upland cotton production is estimated at 380,000 480-pound bales as of Dec. 1, an increase of 58 percent from last year. This is based on 123,000 acres for harvest. The yield calculates to 1,483 pounds per acre. Harvest was nearly complete by the end of November....More

The salmonella threat in peanuts at the processing level last year pushed the U.S. industry to seek additional ways to...More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the reassignment of projected surplus...More