…of Montana, Missoula, Montana, $462,539 The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, $453,539 Understanding the Human Health Impacts to Exposure from Nontraditional Water Used in Agriculture: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut,…
Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary Perdue Unveil Beehive at Vice President’s Residence
…a number of factors, ranging from a syndrome known as “colony collapse disorder” to stress caused by factors such as parasites and pests, transportation of bees, sub-lethal exposure to pesticides,…
Organic Farmers Push for Welfare Standards Implementation
…the new requirements of more indoor space and access to pasture could be cost prohibitive, as well as open poultry flocks to a better chance of exposure to disease. From…
The Western View: Easter Pet Hazards
…pollen while grooming their fur, can suffer severe kidney failure. Symptoms of poisoning will develop within six to 12 hours of exposure. Early signs include vomiting, loss of appetite, lethargy…
Funding to Support Disaster Preparedness
…for teens. This project delivers the certified Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) curriculum, career exploration, smoke alarm awareness, CPR/AED certification, and disaster simulation training to develop sustainable youth preparedness…
FMC to Acquire Part of Divested DuPont Crop Protection Business
…recognized brands and DuPont’s proprietary PrecisionPac® technology. These products bring significant diversification to FMC’s crop exposure in herbicides, as well as increasing the balance of pre-emergent and post-emergent applications in…
The California Kitchen: Smoked Salmon
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing smoked salmon with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 4 Salmon Steaks 4 T Cajun Season…
USDA Funding to Provide Fellowships for Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates
…State University project provides summer exposure of the agricultural sciences to undergraduate students from non-research oriented campuses. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative…
Pesticide Rule Revisions Help, Still Unneeded
…goes through an exposure assessment/risk assessment and is either not registered if it’s going to cause a problem, or has conditions placed on it to prevent that from happening,” Isom…
Proposed Pesticide Rules Near Schools Revised
…state. The proposed regulation would provide an extra measure of protection to public K-12 school sites and licensed child day care facilities from the risk of short-term pesticide exposure, and…
Agri View: Popular Breakfast Food
…that the most popular breakfast food in the world is bacon. Sliced bacon. No, smoked sliced bacon. Not many people know that without the flavor produced by smoke, bacon would…
Insider Shares Political Realities at Record-Breaking Cattle Industry Convention
…Her exposure to the Washington scene brought an insider’s knowledge as keynote speaker at the general session, which was sponsored by Laird Manufacturing. Having grown up in Colorado and Wyoming,…
6 Things to Know About EPA Review of Pyrethroids
…a cumulative risk assessment considering all of the pyrethroids together, combining exposure from food and water, and from uses in and around homes and on pets. Overall, pyrethroids are much…
Dicamba Herbicide Lawsuit Cites Endangered Species Concerns
…in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A Bloomberg report says the groups cite health concerns due to increasing pesticide exposure and the eventual evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds as…