…always has stepped up to help farmers and ranchers recover from circumstances beyond their control and to restore their farms to productivity, so we can get back to the business…
Nutrien to Acquire Plant and Soil Health Firm Actagro
…$20 million in working capital. Actagro was founded in 1997 and has grown into a developer, manufacturer and marketer of soil and plant health products that increase crop productivity. Actagro’s…
SV Ag Tech Summit Focusing On The Present
…to increase productivity and profitability. That innovation includes technology in all aspects of agriculture and the supply chain from fresh produce growing to processing, sales, marketing, and distribution. The six-year-old…
Agriculture Groups Respond to USMCA Signing
…to $39 billion under NAFTA. That boost provided important markets for farmers and ranchers whose productivity has only grown since the agreement was signed. USMCA keeps all those gains and…
New Cotton Trust Protocol Initiative
…measuring their resource use.” Some of the national sustainability goals include an increase in irrigation efficiency and overall productivity, as well as a reduction of energy use and greenhouse gas…
USDA Announces Funding for CA Water Infrastructure
…ensure that the productivity of water in the Sacramento Valley is around for generations of farmers and ranchers to come.” “Every westerner knows the saying ‘whiskey’s for drinking and water’s…
Countries Embrace Genome Editing in Contrast of EU’s Opinion
…at the World Trade Organization Committee on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures reads in part: “Agricultural innovation has played an essential role in increasing yields and productivity in…
Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Ethanol Announcement
…use our high corn productivity and improved yields. Year-round sale of E15 will increase demand for corn, which is obviously good for growers. This has been a years-long fight and…
Survey: Commodity Prices Impacting Ag Retailers
…of sales and productivity would provide substantial value. More than 75 percent of Ag Retailers are actively seeking improvements to their current systems, both for themselves and for their customers….
USDA Forest Service Announces New Strategy for Improving Forest Conditions
…is available at www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/toward-shared-stewardship.pdf. Photographs of the event are available at: https://flic.kr/s/aHskGkVYkN The mission of the USFS, an agency of the USDA, is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity…
Secretary Perdue Statement on EJC Ruling on Genome Editing
…consumers, potential benefits include healthier, higher-quality foods at affordable prices. For farmers, they include improvements in productivity, plant and animal health, and environmental sustainability. “The global regulatory treatment of genome-edited…
USDA Invites Comments on the Implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program
…e-Connectivity, rural Americans cannot reach their full productivity in the workplace, receive the best education in schools nor the finest health care in hospitals. This rural broadband pilot program was…
Rickert Ranch Irrigation
…additional 460 feet of pipe were required, overall the project savings were significant. Also, recovery of pasture productivity was greatly accelerated by limiting the movement of topsoil. Diversion setup on…
Fifth Crow Farm – An Ecosystem of Sustainability
…we have been successful and we have seen productivity go up.” The three farmers agree that one measure of their farm’s success can be gauged by smelling, feeling and laboratory…