…Corn Seed $65 $114 Fertilizer $123 $123 Herbicide $40 $21 Crop Insurance $40 $40 Fertilizer Application $7.50 $7.50 Planting $28 $28 Nitrogen Application $9.50 $9.50 Pesticide Application $9.00 $9.00 Harvest…
Preparing for an Uncertain Future with Climate Smart Agriculture
…the generation of electricity. The Fertilizer Research and Education Program has a long-standing collaboration with UCCE to provide growers with cost-effective practices to improve the efficient use of fertilizer and…
Hortau Secures $10 Million Investment to Further Growth in North America
…crop. This proprietary, plant-centric approach helps detect plant stress using soil tension, ensuring optimal crop growth, and reducing water and energy consumption, as well as environmental impacts such as fertilizer…
Global Cleantech Recognizes Ag Companies
…such as fertilizer leaching. Visit Hortau.com for more information on Hortau’s proprietary irrigation management systems, and simplified software and mobile apps, or contact us at (805) 545-5994, ext. 358 or…
Four Californians Selected to Air Quality Task Force
…Phil Silva, USDA Agricultural Research Service Louisiana Annette Sharp, Louisiana Dept. Environmental Quality Maryland Lara Moody, The Fertilizer Institute Ana Rule, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Michigan Gerry May,…
USDA, Microsoft Announce Innovation Challenge Winners
…can use this mobile phone application to compare their input costs (fertilizer, seed, fuel, etc.) to regional averages, and find financial efficiencies where their costs are above the norm. •…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
…way to better monitor how their crops are grown, Orrey says, farmers are able to use inputs — like water, or fertilizer — as efficiently as possible on their land….
USDA Microloans Help Purchase Land and Improve Property
…providing more than 16,800 low-interest loans, totaling over $373 million to producers across the country. Microloans have helped farmers and ranchers with operating costs, such as feed, fertilizer, tools, fencing,…
CDFA Accepting Proposals for Fertilizer Research Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting concept proposals for the 2016 grant cycle. FREP’s competitive grant program funds research that…
New Software Measures Agriculture’s Carbon Footprint
…windbreak–or a buffer strip along a field or stream? What if you change your form of fertilizer or the way you apply it? You can get a quantitative idea of…
Heifer Gift
…the sale of milk products. Not to mention, they can have up to two or three kids per year, provide manure for fertilizer and are small enough to keep on…
Agri View: Plastic Farming
What is it that is helping farmers produce bigger and better crops, save money on fertilizer and pesticides? It is also creating a huge environmental problem. Everett Griner talks about…
CDFA Awards Nearly $2 Million for Six Nitrogen Projects
…reduce the environmental impact of using nitrogen fertilizer in California agriculture and will advance farmers’ understanding and implementation of best management practices for agricultural nitrogen fertilizers. The following proposals were…
CDFA Grants Help Growers Upgrade Irrigation Systems
…projects. At the 4,200-acre Scheid Vineyards outside Greenfield, SWEEP funds helped finance irrigation and fertilizer automation equipment, soil and microclimate monitoring equipment, and a variable-frequency drive for pumping efficiency improvements….