Vicky Boyd
Managing Editor at Cotton Farming
Managing Editor at Peanut Grower
Managing Editor at Soybean South
Editor, Writer, Photographer, Podcaster, and Content Creator at Freelance
Veteran ag writer, ag editor, ag communicator, ag podcaster and ag photographer. Have camera and computer, will travel.
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3 weeks ago |
wcngg.com | Vicky Boyd
https://wcngg.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/article-summaries-wcn-11.mp3David Magaña, senior specialty crop analyst with the RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness group, joked that the only thing predictable about the current global trade situation is the unpredictability. While he admitted he borrowed the quote from someone else, Magaña said it aptly described the uncertainty and ever-changing scene surrounding international trade, tariffs and retaliatory tariffs.
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3 weeks ago |
agalert.com | Vicky Boyd
By Vicky Boyd The 2024 summer heat wave and this spring’s inclement pollination weather likely conspired to reduce the state’s cherry crop, prompting the San Joaquin County agricultural commissioner to request a disaster declaration. Despite the significantly lighter crop, many growers said they still had good-sized fruit with excellent eating quality, and market prices were strong.
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1 month ago |
cerescourier.com | Vicky Boyd
By VICKY BOYDSpecial to the Ceres (Calif.) CourierCeres-area almond grower Tim Sanders has been a fan of waterfowl ever since he was 5 years old and his father took him hunting for the first time. “They don’t have to do any type of adaptation to be on this planet,” he said. “They can fly, they can swim in the water and they can walk on the ground.
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1 month ago |
wcngg.com | Vicky Boyd
Call it the case of the mysterious disappearing honeybee. When many beekeepers nationwide cracked open their hives after hibernation this winter, they found losses that frequently exceeded anything they’d seen before. University and USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists are examining samples sent in by beekeepers to try to determine the cause or causes of the losses. But it’s a complicated task, said Danielle Downey, executive director of the nonprofit Project Apis m.
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2 months ago |
turlockjournal.com | Vicky Boyd
BY VICKY BOYDStanCo Farm BureauFrank Hernandez wears many hats around Vermeulen Almond Hulling just west of Modesto. He runs the huller and oversees the hulling crew during harvest. He maintains all of the equipment, overhauling machinery during winter. He’s installed irrigation for new orchards, planted new blocks, pulled old orchards, and fabricated and welded platforms for new shelling equipment. He’s also learning about new technology tied to two color sorters the operation recently installed.
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