…of red warmer-than-average sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. (NOAA) Sea-surface water temperatures (SST) in the equatorial east and central Pacific Ocean were still well above average during January,…
Quest to Convert Algae to Biofuel
…ROC40 was the most induced when the cells made the most oil. The high induction of that protein suggested to scientists that it could be playing an important biological role,…
Diversified Ag Field for College Students
…and demand for high potential talent: – 57,900 annual jobs available, B.S. and higher, food, renewable energy, environmental specialties – 35,400 agriculture, forestry/natural resources, and veterinary medicine graduates Agriculture Talent…
Some Mating Disruption Becoming Cheaper
…Advisor Emily Symmes says mating disruption is proving to be beneficial in many management systems. She says many growers didn’t want to add the high cost of the practice to…
Five Lessons for California from Australia’s Drought
…“Water customers are still repaying substantial capital costs but getting a minimal benefit,” the report states. “These examples highlight the risks associated with building large, expensive new supplies to meet…
50 Years of School Breakfast
…breakfast programs. USDA has also worked with schools to encourage the use of the Community Eligibility Provision, a cost-sharing agreement that allows high-poverty schools to serve both breakfast and lunch…
Agri View: Trees
…Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old. The tallest known tree, a coast redwood named Hyperion, stands 115.6 m (379 ft) high. Trees have been in…
Two Storms Could Prove El Nino Predictions
Could this be the ‘El Nino’ forecasters keep talking about? High pressure systems have finally eased over California and two storms are suppose to bring rains to over 60 percent…
Commodity Classic Underway
The 2016 Commodity Classic convention is underway in New Orleans, Louisiana. AgNet West’s Sabrina Hill is there and speaks with Doug Bice, High Value Markets program director, with the Sorghum…
AFBF Joins Initiative To Give Farmers Control of Data They Collect
…data gathered and transmitted by high-tech farm machinery. Tractors, tilling equipment, planters, sprayers, harvesters and agricultural drones are increasingly connected to the Internet. Even so, farmers don’t always have the…
Time for Walnut Scale Monitoring
…of other pests as described in DORMANT MONITORING.If a treatment becomes necessary, make it during the delayed dormant period before shoot growth begins. If a high degree of parasitization is…
Getting Garden Ready
…for early spring color such as pansies, violas, snapdragons, nemesia, sweet peas and alyssum. It is important that your greenhouse is properly ventilated during early spring when fluctuating temperatures are…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…semi-processed high-value products (eg., wheat, soybeans, and soybean meal). In the other high-value product categories-raw products and processed products-high-income countries remain the largest U.S. markets, followed by the upper middle-income…
Connecting Drones in Real Time
…connection to the Verizon LTE network. The XRD includes antennas that pick up high-bandwidth LTE signals in rural areas as though they were in the center of a metropolitan area….