The in-person listening sessions may be over, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will still be accepting written comments for about another …
Groundwater Collection Project Gathers Data by Flying Over Regions of Land
The Greater, Mid and East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agencies are partnering on a project to collect groundwater data in Tulare County. The project will use low flying helicopters and other …
USDA, FDA Announce Joint Public Meeting on Use of Animal Cell Culture Technology
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, DVM and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. announced a joint public meeting to be held on Oct. 23-24, 2018 to …
ASTA Outlines Priorities for Final Farm Bill
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) urges members of the Farm Bill Conference Committee to include several key provisions important to the seed industry within the final Bill. In a …
Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes into a crop plant, developing a reliable …
New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil
Nitrogen is the main nutrient added to cereal crops like corn, which makes them grow faster and stronger. But too much of a good thing could sometimes have negative outcomes. …
Valley Ventures Accelerator Fueling Innovation; Accepting Fall Applications
The Valley Ventures Accelerator at Fresno State is accepting applications through Aug. 1 for its third cohort to provide guidance on sales, marketing, distribution and venture capital for emerging companies in the …
Agri View: Georgia Citrus Expanding Thanks to Research
Everett Griner talks about citrus farming in Georgia expanding in today’s Agri View. Everett explains what research has done for Georgia citrus. You know, many people thought that citrus business …
Agri View: Honeybee Research Continuing
Everett Griner talks about honeybee research in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses a grant researchers have received to study the Varroa mite problem. I hadn’t had an update on the …
Perdue To Allow Modified FMD Virus Onto US Mainland
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has authorized the movement of a modified, non-infectious version of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to …
Universities Create FedbyScience Initiative
A total of 16 public and private universities have joined together to create FedByScience, an effort to boost federal investment in agricultural research. The initiative, timed with the release of …
Research Reveals a New Direction for Halting the Citrus Greening Epidemic
New clues to how the bacteria associated with citrus greening infect the only insect that carries them could lead to a way to block the microbes’ spread from tree to …
Crops Hold Onto Harmful Mutations That Reduce Productivity
Limits on improving yield and other critical traits in maize likely are due to rare harmful mutations genetically linked to a beneficial gene combination that were selected for during domestication …
Study Finds Breakthrough in Glyphosate Resistance Research
Kansas State University researchers have discovered how weeds develop resistance to glyphosate, which researchers say could have broad future implications in agriculture. Researchers say they found how weeds have evolved …