Signup Begins June 4 for Livestock Indemnity Program and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting disaster assistance program …
NRCS Resources to Increase Pollinator Populations
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is working to increase pollinator populations by aiding farmers in making conservation improvements to help monarch butterflies and …
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 …
Planting a Bee Friendly Garden
Cathy Isom has a few excellent tips on what to plant for a bee friendly garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. We all know by know that …
Agri View: Honeybee Update
Everett Griner talks about the honeybee battle still being fought in today’s Agri View. Well, it has been a dozen years or more since the United States faced that series …
ARS Scientist Leads $1 Million Funded Consortium to Seek Honey Bee Disease Controls
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Steven Cook will be leading a $1 million funded international consortium of scientists to seek new controls for Varroa mites, honey bees’ number one problem. Cook, with the Bee Research …
UCR Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Pollinator Health
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research award will identify best management practices to protect bees A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have received a $490,000 Pollinator Health …
Protecting Pollinators Through New Certification Program
A new certification program called Bee Better Certified is designed to assist growers in the planning and implementation of conservation practices to benefit bees and other pollinators. The USDA Natural …