…supports basic and applied research in the following areas: understanding plant-associated microorganisms and plant-microbe interactions; controlling weedy and invasive plants; and plant-associated insects and nematodes. Fiscal Year 2016 grants include:…
Agri View: Growing for Future Population
…to global warming, emitting more greenhouse gases than all our cars, trucks, trains, and airplanes combined—largely from methane released by cattle and rice farms, nitrous oxide from fertilized fields, and…
The California Kitchen: Asian Pickled Radishes with Crispy Prawns
…Sauce ¼ Cup Rice wine vinegar 2 Radishes diced small 8 prawns 1 Cup Flour ½ Cup Seltzer Water 1 T Salt 1 T Lemon Pepper 1 Cup Panko To…
Sheet Mulching
…mulching is a natural process which allows you to kill a weedy old lawn or tired garden area and replace it with good quality soil for planting native plants. The…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…are in development that are designed to benefit human health, such as rice with increased beta-carotene content to help prevent blindness and death caused by vitamin A deficiencies in some…
Two Sides of TPP
…will take time, Duvall said “the sooner TPP is ratified, the better it will be for American agriculture.” AFBF’s analysis forecasts farm-price increases for corn (5 cents per bushel), soybeans…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…making the cherry unsalvageable for the fresh market,” Samuel said. In Colusa County, rice grower Randy Johnson said a freak hailstorm and heavy rains early this week caused him to…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…of commodities eligible for Farm Storage Facility Loan. Eligible commodities now include aquaculture; floriculture; fruits (including nuts) and vegetables; corn, grain sorghum, rice, oilseeds, oats, wheat, triticale, spelt, buckwheat, lentils,…
Rice Paddies Fueling Electric Vehicles
…sacrificing longer cycle life. The process of recovering silicon nanoparticles from rice husks. The photographed substances are: raw rice husks, leached rice husks, nano silicon oxide, and nano silicon. The…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…percent, will be eliminated within eight years. Rice: The United States exported $140,000 of rice and rice products to Vietnam in 2015. Under the TPP, Vietnam will immediately eliminate its…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
…including the annual Acreage report, Rice Stocks report and quarterly Grain Stocks report, all to be released June 30, 2016 at 9:00 am PT. Survey data contribute to NASS’s monthly…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…cotton, rice, sorghum, oil crops, dry beans, potatoes, and sugarcane/sugar beets are forecast to rise by at least 1 percent in 2016. Direct government farm program payments are forecast to…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…low planted acreage is estimated in California. Rice – California farmers intend to seed rice on 427 thousand acres, 1 percent above the acreage seeded in 2015. The expressed intentions…
The Western View: Fake Science
…American and Swedish scientists, have discovered a gene from the barley plant which, when injected into rice, can eliminate the rice crop’s methane emissions – which accounts for about 17…