…viable, successful business model, according to researchers at Tabs Analytics. The research firm released the finding in its sixth annual food and beverage study which also found grocery sales overall…
Syngenta Opening Chicago Seeds Office
…in Illinois, with more than 150 full-time employees and a $16 million payroll. A seed conditioning center in Pekin was established in 1911 and celebrated a century of continual operation…
Climate-Smart Agriculture Endorsed by CDFA and UC ANR in New Partnership
…new joint effort reflects our commitment to extending research-supported solutions to our farming community, so they have the information and tools they need to make climate-smart decisions,” Humiston said in…
USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables
…assumed to remain in effect through the projection period. Background on USDA’s long-term projections and past issues of the report are available at the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) website….
Federal Agencies Combine Resources for Food Waste Initiative
…Research Service, 30 to 40 percent of the American food supply is wasted and becomes the largest contributing sector for materials ending up in landfills. In 2010 alone, there were…
Only Out of Control African Swine Fever Will Hurt U.S. Prices
…the U.S., even with the high duty rates. Dermot Hayes of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at Iowa State University says that would only come about if “the…
USDA Announces 2019 Agricultural Outlook Forum
…Agricultural Research Center. A nominal fee covers transportation and a boxed lunch. Visit the Agricultural Outlook Forum website to register, reserve discounted room rates, join the pre-forum field trip, or…
USDA Announces Update to National Road Map for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
…also helps to identify priorities for IPM research, technology, education and implementation through information exchange and coordination among federal and non-federal researchers, educators, technology innovators, and IPM practitioners. Source: USDA…
NOAA Forecasts Mild Winter
…In this video, the Climate Prediction Center’s Mike Halpert offers a summary of favored climate conditions for December–February. Video produced by the Climate.gov in cooperation with the Climate Prediction Center….
Crops of the Future Collaborative Funds Downy Mildew Research at UC Davis
The first research grant issued through the Crops of the Future Collaborative from the Foundation of Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) will be focused on addressing downy mildew in lettuce….
USDA Announces Receipt of 136 Expressions of Interest in Hosting ERS & NIFA
…Research Triangle Region Wake County, Durham County and Research Triangle Park NC Chapel Hill State Employee Credit Union ND Fargo Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation, the ND Department of…
Beagle Brigade Helping Protect Homeland Pork
…train dogs at its National Detector Dog Training Center in Newnan, Georgia. The center is designed and equipped to train detector dog teams (canines and handlers), like Hardy’s, to safeguard…
China Has Culled 200,000 Pigs Due to Swine Fever Outbreak
…country. The Chinese Animal Health and Epidemiology Center says the disease, which is deadly to pigs but not to humans, is very hard to detect and prevent. China has culled…
Online Grocery Sales to Quadruple
…give it a try. The prediction comes from a new forecast by market-research firm Packaged Facts. Over the past five years, online grocery sales have already tripled. Most of that…