…Scott Brown of the University of Missouri Extension Service says the numbers in the breeding herd show stability in the industry. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farmers Assess Impact of Recent Heat Wave
…factor in tomato damage, said Gene Miyao, a University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor. “It’s not just hitting a temperature spike for half an hour,” Miyao said. “That isn’t…
Research on Pests and Beneficial Species Funding from USDA
…advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. NIFA’s integrated research, education, and extension programs support the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel…
Inconclusive HLB Tests Remind Growers of Disease Threat
…Research Board and University of California Cooperative Extension combined to bring California citrus growing areas an educational seminar, and it started in Exeter for Central Valley growers. Research Entomologist, and…
NIFA Announces $4.3 Million for Higher Education Support
…next generation of Native American environmental professionals entering the FANH sciences workforce. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges….
Late-Harvest Processing Peaches Bring More Green
New cost studies released by the UC ANR Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension show that peach growers could net roughly $800 more per acre from late-harvest processing peaches…
UC ANR Vice President Testifies Before House Ag Committee
…California is the country’s top agricultural state. “California’s $47 billion agricultural sector has depended on UC ANR, in partnership with our UC campuses, for the stream of new technologies and…
Nitrogen Levels in Navel Oranges
…of their annual nitrogen requirement foliarly, in pre-bloom and post-bloom low-biuret urea sprays. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Craig Kallsen has been researching the amount of nitrogen a mature navel orange…
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…Tennessee, Tennessee IVM Partners, Inc., Tennessee Borderlands Research Institute, Texas City of New Braunfels PARD, Texas Gideon Lincecum Chapter – Texas Master Naturalists, Texas Utah State University Extension, Utah Belmont…
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…as an extension agent in several African countries from 1990 to 1995. After returning to his home State of Minnesota, he entered the graduate program in Agricultural Economics at the…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…that would help farmers anywhere in the United States. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. NIFA support for…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…with industry representatives, extension agents, and others; this background helped us develop the written survey. Firms in the case study then filled out the detailed survey. After reviewing the survey…
NPPC, Ports Coalition, Applaud Early West Coast Port Contract Talks
…the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association for agreeing to early discussions on a contract extension. The extension will allow ports on the West Coast to operate…
USDA Helps Expand Rural Broadband Infrastructure in Four States
…the Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, Inc. to construct 568 miles of fiber and install equipment upgrades in seven of its 17 exchanges. California’s Ducor Telephone Co. is receiving a $9…