ARS agricultural engineer Paul Armstrong uses the “Post-Harvest Loss moisture meter” to check bags of stored maize in Ghana. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new way…
CDFA Introduces the California Climate Investments Web Site
…Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy,…
Harvest Update, ACP and Marketing at Citrus Showcase
…of years — and the rain has slowed down harvest,” Nelson said. “The biggest problem we are going to have is making sure none of the fruit is adversely affected…
Some Brazil Soybeans Very Muddy
Brazil’s top soybean producing state, Mato Grosso, has soybean fields ready for harvest but are so muddy it’s difficult to walk through, let alone drive a combine through. A Bloomberg…
Agri View: Farming Technology
…mechanical devices that are being invented, developed and produced to help farmers produce and harvest a crop. Machine and tools that can replace the human hand. We call it technology….
CA Farmers Monitor Storms’ Impact on Crops, Water
…would still be successful. • Berries—The rains delayed strawberry harvest along the Central and Southern California coast. Production may be temporarily reduced as farmers wait for waterlogged fields to dry…
Hungry Americans Benefit from Farm Bureau Donations
…2016 as part of Farm Bureau’s “Harvest for All” program. Combined, the monetary and food donations also reached a record level of the equivalent of more than 31 million meals….
USDA Seeks Local Food Grant Reviewers
…should have specialized knowledge on topics such as food safety, consumer economics, foreign market development, labeling, post-harvest handling and/or transportation. The FSMIP website contains a complete list of expertise needed….
South Africa Buys U.S. Sorghum, Open to U.S. Corn
…hosted another team of commercial grain traders and end users from South Africa to showcase the 2016 U.S. sorghum harvest. This outreach prompted South African buyers to make purchases of…
Plant These Seeds First in Spring
…seeds have been sown, and are beginning to show signs of a promising harvest, it will be time to start planning and seeding those summer garden favorites. I’m Cathy Isom……
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…water in the individual grapes. You need to stress the vines in exactly the right way to get a quality harvest, but not so little that the vines die.” The…
Agri View: Hard Choices
…are parts of our country where labor shortages have had an impact on harvesting. Now, as planting season approaches, farmers are, in some places, are already trying to line up…
Landowner Wins Case against Army Corps
…property. The Corps had claimed a piece of property owned by Hawkes Company, and used by Hawkes to harvest peat, was a “waters of the United States” which requires a…
Geneticist Edward Buckler Awarded First NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…only about one-fifth the harvest as produced in the United States. Millions of hungry, poor people don’t have the hundred years it would take to repeat what conventional breeding did…