Fruit and Vegetable growers are raising concerns over an invasive whitefly that is resistant to pesticides and carries crop-devastating viruses. The Q-biotype whitefly was found outdoors within the U.S. for…
2017 Forecasted to Bring some Relief from Record Heat
…set records for the smallest monthly Arctic sea ice extent since consistent satellite records began in 1979. NASA researchers are in the field this summer, collecting data to better understand…
Louisiana Flooding Destroys $14 Million of Rice
…still in the field, 20 percent of that would likely be lost due to the flooding. None of the rice mills in the state have reported flood-related disruption. From the…
Cancelling Atrazine Would Cost Farmers $2.5 Billion
…Corn Growers Association Board of Directors member Jim Zimmerman told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today at a field hearing on the impact of federal regulation on…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…fast approaching crisis proportions, all but guaranteeing that crops will rot in the field on many farms this year, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said. Communications with state…
Got wild pigs?
…and record feral pig damage. Baldwin “Rangeland managers and farmers can enter data into the app from the field so that we can estimate the land area and economic impacts…
Zika Virus Battle
…The Cornel lab has also studied various insecticides in field applications. “We placed susceptible and local mosquitoes in sentinel cages in a field and sprayed them from a truck 100-,…
Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Report
…treatment was completed in June. The Program began mapping fallow fields that had good coverage of fall host plants, such as Russian thistle and goosefoot. Preparations to send out treatment…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…river district and field representative for Rivermaid Trading Co., which packs about 50 percent of the state’s pears. He noted that rain and cooler weather during bloom also may have…
Funding to Train the Next Generation of Agricultural Leaders
…microbiology, genomics, epidemiology, risk analyses, and food production systems. The University of Connecticut used a NIFA experiential learning grant to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the field…
Vegetable Seeds Headline Breeder Field Day
HM. Clause held its 2016 Davis Field Days at its research farm in Davis. The HM. Clause field day brought in producers from several countries to learn more about the…
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…staff, to track and manage water and nitrogen fertilizer applications for their crop fields. The online application can be used on mobile devices or computers to help farmers use two…
Farmers Business Network Announces $20 Million in Funding
…nearly nine million acres in 31 states. The company says the FBN network levels the playing field for farmers by networking farms together and enabling transparent national access to manufacturer…
Agri View: Consuming GMO Crops
…continue to find new ways to insert genes for specific traits into plant and animal DNA. A field of promise—and a subject of debate—genetic engineering is changing the food we…