…policy.” The farm bill is omnibus multi-year legislation for major food and farm programs, covering such issues as research, conservation, nutrition, commodities and rural development. The current farm bill will…
Safe Fruit and Juice
…Ours. Safe Fruit and Juice From: USDA Agricultural Research Service Appalachian Fruit Research Station Genetic Enhancement of Fruit Crops Research Unit FasTrack Breeding Initiative ‘FasTrack’ plums flowering and fruiting in…
More Groundwater Found in Central Valley
Researchers find three times more groundwater than originally thought, deep under Central Valley Stanford researchers have identified deep aquifers between 1,000 and 3,000 feet under the Central Valley. Challenges surround…
The Latest Buzz on Honeybees
There’s a renewed buzz in honeybee research when it comes to problems within the hive. AgNet Media’s Sabrina Hill talks with a bee care program leader and a bee researcher….
Climate Smart Israel – Visiting the ‘Financial Innovations Lab’
…Secretary Ross at the Financial Innovations Lab at the Milken Innovation Center in Israel. State Board of Food and Agriculture president Craig McNamara is at the far left. As our…
Agri View: Farm Trends
…Economic Research Service (a division of the USDA), dropped this past year by a whopping 28 percent, from $128.6 billion to $93 billion. This figure, which we’ll explain in a…
USDA Announces Key Measures to Improve Pollinator Health
…on national forests and grasslands. Over the past six years, the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has invested more than $82 million in cutting-edge pollinator research and over the past decade…
Almond Board: Pollinator Week
…more than 100 projects and leveraged additional research dollars from other groups, government agencies, and universities. Beyond almond growers and research investments, ABC has taken a leadership position by engaging…
Agri View: Home Preserving
Everett Griner talks about home preserving foods increasing in today’s Agri View. Home Preserving From: Preserving Food at Home brought to you by the National Center for Home Food Preservation,…
Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert
…drought An experimental vineyard in the Negev Desert We visited the Ben Gurion University Desert Research Institute. Ben Gurion was Israel’s first prime minister. He believed in the potential of…
Agri View: GMO Law
…The FDA and USDA must report on implementation of this process. A GMO plant may be sold for research, to produce a processing aid or enzyme, or as a nutrient…
FAA Rules Clear Runway for Small Drones
…growth, advance critical scientific research and save lives. “We are part of a new era in aviation, and the potential for unmanned aircraft will make it safer and easier to…
Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update
…and seawater into drinking water. The Volcani Institute, the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture, has 200 scientists, 800 support staff and 300 students working on a broad agenda…
Climate Smart Israel
…rye grass and sunflowers. Additionally, we visited the Volcani Center, a research arm of the Israel Ministry of Agriculture. CDFA Science Adviser Amrith Gunasekara is also part of our delegation…