…walnuts and pistachios. Export statistics are produced by the University of California, Davis, Agricultural Issues Center. California’s agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. Over a third of the country’s…
House Bill Exempts Farms From Reporting Emissions
…to “guesstimate” and report the emissions from manure on their farms to the Coast Guard’s National Response Center (NRC) and subject them to citizen lawsuits from activist groups such as…
Study: RFS Impact on Refinery Profitability Minimal
…studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Energy Policy. Grassley says he wanted to find out more information after the RFS was blamed for the financial troubles of some…
Crops Hold Onto Harmful Mutations That Reduce Productivity
…author of the paper. Kremling is a graduate student of geneticist Edward Buckler with the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Laboratory in Ithaca, New York. Buckler…
Almond Matters: Foliar Disease Protection
…minimize resistance. “We have a lot of tools and we like to rotate the FRAC groups,” Valent Field Market Research Representative Tino Lopez said, “so if you use one group…
Study Finds Breakthrough in Glyphosate Resistance Research
Kansas State University researchers have discovered how weeds develop resistance to glyphosate, which researchers say could have broad future implications in agriculture. Researchers say they found how weeds have evolved…
ARS Scientist Leads $1 Million Funded Consortium to Seek Honey Bee Disease Controls
…scientists to seek new controls for Varroa mites, honey bees’ number one problem. Cook, with the Bee Research Laboratory, a part of ARS’s Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center, will be…
UCR Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Pollinator Health
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research award will identify best management practices to protect bees UCR researchers conducting a field study on pollinator health at an almond field in California’s…
Citrus Showcase Addresses Several Industry Concerns
The 25th Annual Citrus Showcase was hosted by California Citrus Mutual (CCM) at the Visalia Convention Center on March 8. The event brought the California citrus industry together to engage…
USDA/NIFA Invests in Exploratory Research
…Exploratory Research Grants (ERG) program. Funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. The ERG program fosters the creation…
More Definitive Food Profiles
…AgResearch magazine. The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested…
Almond Update: NOW Mating Disruption a Viable Option
Mating disruption is becoming a viable option for navel orangeworm management. UC Cooperative Extension Integrated Pest Management Advisor David Haviland has been researching the practice with impressive results for some…
Bayer in Exclusive Talks With BASF to Sell Vegetable Seed Business
…Bayer’s LibertyLink technology for herbicide tolerance, and essentially all of the company’s field-crop seed businesses, and related research and development capabilities. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Ag Producer Sentiment Improves; but Uncertainty about the Future of NAFTA Looms
…producers remain relatively optimistic about long-run prospects for U.S. ag exports. Read the full report. by James Mintert, David Widmar and Michael Langemeier, Perdue University Center for Commercial agriculture/CME Group…