…than what we’re seeing today.” The flooding along the Kings River caused minimal agricultural damage, Fresno County Supervisor Buddy Mendes said, adding, “unless it is your place. Then, it is…
Copyright Office Wants Congress To Handle “Right to Repair”
…a patchwork of exemptions where “some technology repairs and modifications are allowed and some aren’t.” The office wants Congress to pass laws that give consumers a permanent “right-to-repair.” The issue…
UC a Key Link for AgTech
…Hillman That sentiment is relatively new, developed over the last few years. The two industries, agriculture and technology, do not have a history with one another and Napolitano told AgNet…
Rural Broadband Improvements will be Costly
…more efficient. “Without it, you’re asking farmers and ranchers to run a viable business without modern technology,” says R.J. Karney, Director of Congressional Relations with the American Farm Bureau. From…
Almond Board: FSMA Presentations
The Almond Board recently hosted its annual Food Quality and Safety Symposium, which highlights advancements in food safety technology and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The one-day symposium covers…
Hampton Creek Pledges to Market Lab-grown Meat by 2019
…dough revealed this week it has been secretly developing technology to produce lab-made meat and seafood, or as they call it, “clean meat.” Business Insider reports that if Hampton Creek…
Wiping Out Bacteria with Nanoparticle-Cotton Fibers
…treat wounds are some of the potential uses for a new technology developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. ARS materials engineer Sunghyun Nam developed an inexpensive, effective and environmentally…
NIFA Announces $4.3 Million for Higher Education Support
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced 20 grants totaling $4.3 million to help higher education institutions teach the next generation of…
Agri View: Job Losses Due to Automation
…eighty-five percent of those jobs lost were lost to technology. And, those jobs are gone forever. Well, that is technology for you. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……
Coffee Grown in California
…very well on quality tests. And, in time, with new technology and more production, the cost per harvest is likely to go down. For decades, the only serious coffee-growing region…
Perdue Comments on Rural Broadband Needs
…comments came as President Trump toured agriculture education facilities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to learn more about agriculture technology, and to pledge a focus on rural broadband in his infrastructure…
Almond Board: Start Planning to Lessen Harvest Dust
…pickup machines to reduce the amount of visible and PM10 dust emitted. At this time there are incentive funds available from NRCS for use of this low-dust technology which also…
Trump Pledges to Include Rural Broadband in Infrastructure Plan
President Donald Trump pledged to include rural broadband in his infrastructure plan while in Iowa Wednesday. The President visited Kirkwood University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to talk agricultural technology, and…
If It Smells Like a Petunias or Shampoo, It Might Be a Pesticide
from USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS chemist Aijin Zhang collects volatile compounds from apple juice. Photo by Peggy Greb. A scent that petunias and snapdragons release to attract pollinators may…