Agri View: Farm-Raised

DanAgri View, Aquaculture

…June 28, 2007, FDA announced a broader import control of farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to carp), and eel from China. FDA will start to detain these products at…

Agri View: Standards and Grades Facts

DanAgri View, General

…Quality grades provide a common language among buyers and sellers, which in turn assures consistent quality for consumers. Commodity Testing Services USDA offers quality assessment testing of grain, corn, rice,…

National Weed Appreciation Day

DanGeneral, This Land of Ours

…BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17890537 (bottom right) Amaranth-By Kurt Stüber – caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/mavica/index.html part of www.biolib.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7405 (bottom left) Dollarweed – By Lorenzarius – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=670294…

Agri View: Pigweed Research

DanAgri View, Environment

…class=”int-own-work” lang=”en”>Own work</span>, <a href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/” title=”Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0″>CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2008288 (lower right) By Thomas Wydra – Own work (Original text: Eigene Aufnahme), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12104235…

Leftover Easter Eggs

DanGeneral, Poultry, This Land of Ours

…you’re having an Easter egg hunt, consider your hiding places carefully. Avoid areas where the eggs might come into contact with pets, wild animals, birds, reptiles, insects or lawn chemicals….

Agri View: New Cash Crop

DanAgri View, Specialty Crops

…futures price variations. From: Business.com Marijuana as a Cash Crop Back in the 1700s, Pennsylvania, along with many other U.S. states, benefited from the sale of hemp — marijuana’s non-psychotropic…

LBAM Quarantine Change

DanFruits & Vegetables, Tree, nut & vine crops

…are apple, pear, peach, apricot, nectarine, citrus, persimmon, cherry, almond, avocado, oak, willow, walnut, poplar, cottonwood, Monterey pine and eucalyptus. Some common shrub and herbaceous hosts are grape, kiwifruit, strawberry,…