…California once again, and so the availability of good floral sources is not good. We don’t have a lot of floral sources for the bees to work,” he said. “We…
Growers Frustrated with EPA Regarding Pesticide Impacts
…overly conservative and don’t use all available data, according to the farm groups. Grower groups like the American Soybean Association and the American Farm Bureau Federation are concerned the evaluations…
MSOB: Biological Industry Continues ‘Tremendous Growth’
…options become vital. “While we don’t believe the biologicals are a silver bullet or a complete replacement, there’s a lot of innovation, there’s a lot of research and development in…
VofV: Space AG and the Secret to Producing More Food with Less Effort
…providing a solution that helps your people on the farm be more productive and enjoy more of their work and get back home sooner because they don’t need to prepare…
Land Fallowing Could Reach More Than 690,000 Acres Due to Drought
…the uncertainty and the problems in getting food to various parts of the world, we’ll see that here if we don’t take care of our own farm production.” About the…
House Ag Subcommittee Discusses SNAP Benefits
…15 is not a danger to others are themselves and or qualified to own such a gun. We also don’t see near this level of scrutiny when the United States…
MSOB: Biological Control Becoming More Viable with Drones
…“It has other advantages as well. The systems we use are calibrated to release precise rates homogeneously, which is something that can be hard to achieve when done manually. It…
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Provides Resources for Educators
…about something and don’t even realize they’re learning because they’re playing a game, that’s always a good thing,” Meloy said. On top of the games and resources produced by the…
MSOB: Plant Biostimulant Act Necessary for Regulatory Clarity
…definition of the term ‘biostimulant’ because we don’t have that right now. It will do so by amending FIFRA and placing that definition in FIFRA and then specifically excluding those…
Stay Safe During the Summer Grilling Season
…the grill. Millions of people get sick each year because of a lack of food safety while grilling, but you don’t have to be one of them. The USDA offers…
West Nile Virus Still a Threat to Horses Despite Drought
…don’t see water doesn’t mean there are no breeding areas around.” He shared four tips for protecting horses from West Nile Virus. The first is to vaccinate your horses. Number…
Almond Matters: Getting After Pests with Insect Growth Regulators
…the eggs that are laid are killed. They’re sterilized and they won’t hatch. Then the nymphs don’t go from one stage to the other. So, it’s a different chemistry than…
Drones to Measure Methane at Dairies
…engineering professor Don Collins and graduate student Zihan Zhu. An air core is similar to an ice core, a plug of ice pulled from a glacier that can reveal changes…
MSOB: Considering Beneficial Insect Populations When Managing Mites
…of those beneficials,” O’Neal explained. “In selecting products, looking for products like Venerate XC and Grandevo WDG that have been tested with most of these beneficials and don’t show any…