Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Agri View”
Everett Griner talks about the shocking food waste figures in today’s Agri View. I mention this frequently because it is in the news quite often. Food waste. A new study recently puts something stunning in the volume of food wasted. Hold on to your hat now. 218 billion dollars’ worth every year. That comes to something just …
Everett Griner talks about hobby farming. A new kind of farmer in today’s Agri View. There is a growing new type of farmer. And, it is drawing a lot of attention. It was described to me as ‘hobby farmers’. These are people who have worked in several occupations but were never farmers. They don’t own a lot …
Everett Griner talks about thieves now targeting bees in today’s Agri View. Well, not only are America’s bee farmers losing hives to unstoppable disease, mites, and stress, but in one area, they are losing hives to thieves. In one case, the culprits were arrested and 2,500 hives were recovered — 2,500 hives! Location and names are not …
Everett Griner talks about the demand and consumption of goat meat in today’s Agri View. Where would you go if you wanted to buy some goat meat? The only place I know is to go out and buy one and butcher it yourself. That may not appeal to you. But, it might, eventually. You see, the demand …
Everett Griner talks about soybean bushel per acre records in today’s Agri View. Soybeans. One of our three largest crops. It is also one of the most widely grown crops. Midwest, southwest, southeast. It is a crop with a lot of possibilities. But, it has not reached its potential. Every farmer who grows soybeans wants to see …
Everett Griner talks facts about the sweet reward of the watermelon in today’s Agri View. There were a few problems but overall the 2017 watermelon crop was a good one. You know we grow a lot of watermelons in this country. But, China grows a lot more than we do. Here is another fact I didn’t know. …
Everett Griner talks about the coyote problem spreading across the Southeast in today’s Agri View. Well, coyotes are making news again. My last report dealt with a growing problem in our larger midwestern cities. This one is out of the southeast region. No telling where the next one will be from because the once-noted creature from the …
Everett Griner talks about why the lemon producers wanting to stop imports in today’s Agri View. You know we grow a lot of fruit in this country. It is very likely more than anywhere else. One of the least common, and least talked about, is the lemon. It is not a fruit you eat a lot. It is …
Everett Griner talks about the impact of a German giant opening new supermarkets in today’s Agri View. By now, the first of some one-hundred supermarkets owned by a German grocery giant should be open in the United States. When all of the one-hundred stores are open it is going to make a lot of difference to …
Everett Griner talks about how much mad cow disease cost producers in today’s Agri View. Now, if I said Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, you probably wouldn’t know what I was talking about. So, I will just say Mad Cow Disease. Now, I know, but a very few people were aware how it his American agriculture right in the …
