…will use the LandInfo data together with Cloud-based models and additional knowledge bases to help users identify and select management systems that increase production while reducing soil erosion. Herrick said…
Land O’Lakes – GENYOUth Team Up
…operations that span the spectrum from farm production to consumer foods. With 2014 annual sales of more than $15 billion, Land O’Lakes is one of the nation’s largest cooperatives, ranking…
FDA Requests Comments on Use of the Term “Natural” on Food Labeling
…Original posting: November 10, 2015 Because of the changing landscape of food ingredients and production, and in direct response to consumers who have requested that the FDA explore the use…
Fog Compensates for Low Elevation
…are widely grown in the arid rainfed areas of Tunisia. However, pistachio production is still low with important variation between years. This study investigated the responses of pistachio trees to…
Look for California Ag in Rose Parade
…Cal Poly is crucial as we move into a future that will require more food production to nourish a rapidly growing world while minimizing our environmental footprint. We urgently need…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…which is working to use remaining plant residue from the guayule shrub for rubber production. Food Safety Developed the first-ever Salmonella standard for chicken parts, which will reduce illnesses by…
Agri View: Population Growth and Farm Production
Everett Griner talks about the population growth and where we need to go with farm production in today’s Agri View. Population Growth and Farm Production From Monsanto.com: In 2011, humanity…
CDFA Accepting Proposals for Fertilizer Research Program
…requested to fill gaps in nitrogen management information for specific crops, including corn, pima cotton, processing tomatoes, baby lettuce, walnuts, citrus, and deep rooted vegetables such as carrots. Other priority…
Chairman Conaway Statement on Agreement Reached at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference
…concerning the deeply harmful impacts that China and India’s domestic cotton policies are having upon cotton farmers around the world, including farmers here at home and in least developed countries…
USDA Announces $3.4 Million in Funding Available Through International Wheat Partnership Research Program
…foundation of knowledge in fundamental and applied food and agricultural sciences critical for solving current and future societal challenges. These priority areas include plant health and production and plant products;animal…
NFU Praises Omnibus Parts, Concerned About Others
…for real property, and the deduction of food inventory are now permanent. Unfortunately, credits such as the biofuel producer credit, the production tax credit, and other renewable fuel incentives were…
The Western View: Red Combines
…International Harvester and Case IH from 1915 to 2015. That’s 100 years of changes to a machine that revolutionized agriculture and brought mass production to grain farming. The combine was…
California Leads Nation in Horticultural Sales
…the program’s inception in 1889. “Because horticulture production is becoming more diverse in the United States, NASS worked with key stakeholders to ensure the 2014 Census of Horticultural Specialties would…
Agri View: GMO Where?
…mitochondrial DNA) was born on July 21, 1997.[3] Uses: GMOs are used in biological and medical research, production of pharmaceutical drugs,[17] experimental medicine (e.g. gene therapy), and agriculture (e.g. golden…