…early summer market activity. Wheat futures prices, driven by drought conditions in the Northern Great Plains, have been the most active, but uncertainty about the corn and soybean growing seasons…
Drought Expands Across the U.S.
…saw the most severe level of drought, called exceptional drought, grow by 10 points in a week. 12 percent of the state is in exceptional drought and 24 percent is…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…resources issues such as drought, excess soil moisture, flooding, quality and quantity, and other water issues within an agricultural context. Grants announced are listed by description and state. Water for…
Conaway, Rouzer Praise U.S.-China Beef Agreement
…beef industry. Well, that ‘great opportunity’ becomes a one step closer to reality for cattle producers across the country, hopefully bringing an end to a 13-year drought on beef exports…
Critical Agricultural Research and Extension Projects Gains Support
…Board provision in the 2014 Farm Bill. An award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will identify drought-resistant peanut cultivars to help peanut growers in Virginia and North Carolina….
California Processing Tomato Report
…five years of drought, California experienced a wet winter and spring with precipitation ranging between 200% of normal in northern California and 150% of normal in Southern California. The wet…
Plant Health and Production Workforce Funding from USDA
…program. Past projects include a University of Pennsylvania effort to aid plant pollination by producing improved honey bees. A University of Florida Project sought to develop drought-resistant peanut cultivars and…
ARS Hydrologist Honored for Bringing Accuracy to Soil Moisture Satellite Work
…Drought Mitigation Center, which develops measures to reduce drought vulnerability, is using this new accuracy to shift drought forecasting from “crisis” to “preparedness and risk” management mode. SMAP’s accurate soil…
Funding For Commodity Board Projects to Support Ag Industry
…State University, Blacksburg, received an NIFA grant of $294,000, funded jointly by the National Peanut Board, to research drought tolerance in peanuts. Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames,…
China/U.S. Beef Import Discussions Moving Faster
…of a drought that’s negatively affected the country’s beef production numbers. “This is a very opportune time for the American beef industry to step up,” says Darrel Peele, an Ag…
2017 California Almond Forecast
…orchard work, the water was a welcome relief from years of drought. Set was reportedly good and nuts were developing well. Procedures Results of the subjective survey are based on…
Final Snowpack Almost Double the Average
…180 percent of average. “California’s cities and farms can expect good water supplies this summer. But this ample snowpack should not wash away memories of the intense drought of 2012-2016….
ARS Geneticist Edward Buckler Receives First National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…local adaptation, drought tolerance and disease resistance. Accelerating such variety development is vital to food security in the United States and elsewhere. A champion of open data and innovative partnerships,…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
…recognize the unique nature of farming and the diverse business structures of farms. “It used to be that people in agriculture feared disease and drought as the greatest threats to…