…for drainage and irrigation. Farmlands adjacent to these waters would also be affected. Major farm groups, homebuilders, and others spent years fighting the proposal, defended by environmental groups. From the…
USMEF: Pork Export Success
…also been an area with exceptional growth. Japan is the highest-value market for U.S. pork. For more information, producers can contact the Pork Checkoff Service Center. Go to Pork-dot org…
Congress Returns Next Month Facing Challenges
…farm bill, based on comments from panel leaders at recent hearings. Tax reform will also be front and center this fall, though its prospects are clouded by the limited bipartisan…
A Faster, Less Costly Way to Process Walnuts
ARS engineer Zhongli Pan (right) and post docs Ragab Khir (center) and Chandrasekar Venkitasamy use an infrared thermometer to check walnut temperatures. Photo by Mathew Reiff. The popularity of walnuts…
Foreign Investment in U.S. Farmland Rising
…surge of foreign investment in American farmland and it’s raising concerns in Congress and among rural advocacy groups. Tim Gibbons, a director for the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, calls the…
Western View: Teosinte and GMO Foods
…in the wild. The Mayan culture grew to be advanced and used sophisticated farming technology, including extensive canals and ditches for irrigation. They applied their technology to mutate Teosinte into…
Funding to Encourage SNAP Participants to Purchase Healthy Foods
…New York, $498,000 Reinvestment Partners, Durham, North Carolina, $398,960 Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, Youngstown, Ohio, $498,880 Nurture Nature Center, Easton, Pennsylvania, $267,394 Rhode Island Public Health Institute, Providence, Rhode Island,…
UF Scientists to Help California, Florida Growers Control Dangerous Avocado Pathogen
Jonathan Crane, a professor of horticultural sciences, inspecting an avocado tree at the Tropical Research and Education Center. University of Florida experts know all too well about laurel wilt, the…
Making Science Make Sense for Teachers
The second annual Making Science Make Sense teacher workshop saw over 30 participants last Saturday at the Bayer Crop Science Research Center. The workshop offered hands-on training for several inspiring…
Funding for Research to Improve Livestock and Aquaculture
…Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, $480,000 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, $480,000 Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, $460,000 Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, $480,000 The University of Tennessee,…
Folta: Ben and Jerry’s Report Work of Bad Science
…of the herbicide. 7. Independence. The laboratory commissioned appears to be a relative of Genetic ID, John Fagan’s former company in Fairfield, IA (the center of the anti-biotech universe, home…
Almond Board: Almond Conference Planning
…Nicolau tells us more. Listen to the report: The Almond Conference is December 5-7 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Hotel registration opens Tuesday, August 1. For more information, visit www.almondconference.com….
Improvements to Margin Protection Program Advance
…in 2009. Despite negative margins and low milk prices, producers have become increasingly displeased with the program’s performance over the years. Many complaints center around the USDA’s calculation of feed…
Young Californian Wins Bee Care Award
…bee health. “With the money I’ve been awarded, I’d like to fulfill my dream of building an educational center called Pollination World to teach people about all types of pollinators…