…Palmer amaranth move through many different routes, so controlling them requires an active, unified strategy, including growers, industry and government,” said ASTA President & CEO Andrew W. LaVigne. “The meeting…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
…trial on June 5. Acting Assistant Attorney General Andrew Finch said the decision to abandon the sale was “a victory for American farmers and consumers. Had this sale gone forward,…
ARS Announces New Scientific Impact Video Series
Andrew Moyer, in his Peoria laboratory, discovered the process for mass producing penicillin. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is pleased to debut a video series highlighting important scientific advances that…
Long Awaited International Seed Standard is Good News for U.S. Seed Industry
…Protection Offices (NPPOs) have been publishing new, usually more restrictive, non-science based, phytosanitary import requirements for seeds. “The seed industry is truly global,” said ASTA President & CEO Andrew LaVigne….
Drone Operators on Farms Asked to be Extra Cautious
…Executive Director Andrew Moore says, “When flying at speeds over 140 miles per hour, agricultural aviators likely won’t see a UAV. That’s why it’s so important for drone operators to…
Seed Industry to “Storm the Hill”
…consumers, and the environment in the years ahead,” said ASTA President & CEO Andrew LaVigne. “So many issues impact the seed industry, and the seed industry impacts virtually every aspect…
Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender
by Andrew Muhammad, Anna D’Souza, Birgit Meade, Renata Micha, and Dariush Mozaffarian USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? Worldwide changes in eating habits and poor nutrition are contributing…
Common Crop Chemical Leaves Bees Susceptible to Deadly Viruses
…also found that a particular gene involved in immunity — called 18-wheeler — had reduced expression in bees treated with the adjuvant and the virus, compared to bees in the…
U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council Members Named
…Ill.; and Bo Slack, of Wenatchee, Wash. Newly appointed alternate importer members are Brian Caster, of Salinas, Calif.; Andrew Maiman, of Weston, Fla.; and Thomas H. Bodtke, of South Haven,…
Foreign Trade Negotiator Says U.S. Will Restore TPP, Eventually
A former foreign trade negotiator says the United States will have no choice but to consider approving the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Andrew Robb led Australia’s negotiations when the trade…
Weather Radar Helps Researchers Track Bird Flu
…Blue, an organization that focuses on conservation science. Image credit: NEXRAD Radar at the WSR-88D Radar Operations Center, Original Photograph By: Andrew J Oldaker – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LabNexrad.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link…
Western View: Finally it’s Done
…Trump is quick to respond to the slightest slight, take a look at Andrew Jackson. He was not only a colorful, outrageous business man and land developer, he was a…
Florida Citrus Growers Spared by Hurricane Matthew
…Andrew Meadows. “The fact that it stayed offshore helped tremendously,” Meadows said. Some Indian River growers and packers told Mutual that in addition to fruit drop, there will likely be…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
…fromJennifer Scheer, Robert Gailey, Quinn Hart, Nadya D. Alexander, Brad Arnold, Angela Kwon, Andrew Bell and William Li, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis, August 11, 2016….