…at American agriculture. We are head and shoulders above anybody else anywhere. Look at this. U.S. agriculture has more than doubled since 1948. Nobody can touch us on productivity, prices,…
Water Use/Climate Research Fellowships for CA Students
…Productivity in a Warmer World: The Impact of Climate Change on the Global Workforce Award amount: $132,000 Project title: Characterization of Mobile and Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions in California Award…
U.S. Watermelon Imports Growing
…attributed to the decline watermelon acreage in the United States. USDA says watermelon acreage has dropped near 50 percent in the last 25 years. However, increases in productivity from a…
Agri View: More Ag Technology
…very specific areas, or even treat individual plants differently. Benefits include: Higher crop productivity Decreased use of water, fertilizer, and pesticides, which in turn keeps food prices down Reduced impact…
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Pacific Trade good for the Midwest
…election cycle, blamed for gutting American factories when nearly every American manufacturing job that disappears is “a victim of productivity gains,” not foreign competition. From the National Association of Farm…
Agri View: Modern Technology
…Benefits include: Higher crop productivity Decreased use of water, fertilizer, and pesticides, which in turn keeps food prices down Reduced impact on natural ecosystems Less runoff of chemicals into rivers…
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…tools to conserve water and make better use of nitrogen fertilizer while maintaining crop productivity and quality. Growers use the soil nitrate quick test in the field to measure the…
Technology Needed to Meet Population Growth
…farmland needing to increase productivity, which is the total amount of food produced on an acre, needs to grow at a very large percentage in order to match what the…
Japanese Learn About Biotech, Biofuels
…the team visited Monsanto to learn about the company’s effort to improve the productivity and sustainability of crop production. From there, the reporters traveled through Illinois visiting with farmers and…
Agri View: Hydroponic Farming
…Forest Project, 2009). The trouble with this becomes evident upon the consideration of the productivity of current systems of agriculture and fresh water harvesting: despite our efforts, 1.0 billion people…
Apps for Ag Hackathon Prizes Awarded
…mobile task-management app that connects to climate sensors to protect farmworkers’ health and enhance their productivity. Sense and Protect team members Dhrubajyoti Das, Alex Avalos, Anthony Johnson and Peter Swanson…
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
…in terms of environmental effects and impacts on agricultural practices and productivity,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “This funding will support discoveries to create innovative strategies to adapt to and…
Agri View: Pesticide Use and Losing Ability to Produce
…suit our purposes. For instance, warm clothing and constructed shelters let us live in cold climates that would otherwise kill us. We coax high productivity through the breeding and management…
Food Security
…interpreted as ”projected imports” as the difference may be reduced or eliminated by imports and/or improvements in agricultural productivity. The model estimates per capita food consumption and evaluates that against…