…the implementation of the program. “CDFA is pleased to make this investment in pollinator habitat on California farms and ranches. Pollinators are not only vital to our ecosystems, they are…
USDA Celebrates First National Biobased Products Day
…Americans in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety and health care; and high-speed internet access in rural, tribal and…
Application Deadlines Approaching for EQIP and CSP
…installing buffer strips, or implementing ecologically-based pest management approaches are all considered CSP enhancements. CSP practices can also help producers to improve soil health and protect water quality. Other activities…
Ag Safety Awareness Week: “Lead the Way in Agriculture”
…Monday with Mental Health. Preventative Health Care, Safety Culture, Situational Awareness, and Temperature-Related Safety will be the focus Tuesday-Friday, respectively. “Keeping everyone safe on America’s farms and ranches is so…
Strengthening Dog Import Standards
…make sure dogs are in good health when brought into the U.S. “Strengthening our animal health infrastructure by improving the country’s dog import standards is essential to maintaining public health,”…
Agronomic Minute: Taking an Integrated Crop Health Approach
A program developed by UPL seeks to provide growers with guidance on taking an integrated crop health approach. Technical Services Manager for UPL North America, Cassie Rieser explained their ProNutiva…
Sorghum: A Useful Pollinator Food Source
…Ours program here. Sorghum a Useful Pollinator Food Source Sorghum: The Unlikely Food Source for Pollinators A honeybee (left), southern carpenter bee (middle) and bumblebee (right) collect sorghum pollen. Photos…
Almond Update: Best Management Practices During Pollination
…honeybee colony strength. Dickey said their experience with cover crops has been a positive one, in keeping pollinators in the orchards. “It supports the natural pollinators, not only the honeybees…
FMI Encourages FDA to Refine Healthy Definition
…healthy claim would be counter-productive to the agency’s goal of improving public health.” Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s program here. FMI Encourages FDA to Refine Healthy Definition FMI Comments on FDA…
No Plant-Based Covid Vaccine
…vaccine has withered on the vine. Medicago, the Quebec City, Canada drug manufacturer has announced that it is closing down operations. While Health Canada has approved Medicago’s plant-based vaccine, the…
Agronomic Minute: Understanding the Benefits and Value of Biosolutions
…offer a variety of benefits to growers. Depending on the material, they can help enhance plant and soil health to be more resilient and efficient. “Biosolutions also provide farmers with…
ARS Scientists Improve Nutrients Adding Value to Rice Crop
…for half the world’s population, is getting a makeover from a research team in New Orleans, Louisiana. The results are a more healthful grain and many potential new products. The…
New Ways to Track COVID in Animals
…developing new tests to identify and track the COVID virus in wild and domestic animals. Funded by the American Rescue Plan, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is implementing…
VofV: Stuart Woolf Talks Agtech from Apple Computers to Almonds
…and soil health to name a few ─ Woolf says there is one area of innovation he and his team have an eye on: data processing. His take makes this…