…to harbor ACP. Bayer Cropscience has teamed up with CCM before when they launched their #citrusmatters last year. The hashtag campaign help fund ACP and huanglongbing research and raised awareness…
Rice Paddies Fueling Electric Vehicles
…vehicle. Through a project supported by the Energy Department’s Vehicle Technologies Office, researchers at Stanford University have been able to produce silicon structures for lithium-ion batteries from rice husks, a…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…Monitoring webpage and your local USDA Service Center. Throughout the Obama Administration, USDA has generated thousands of critical partnerships to conserve and protect our natural resources on working landscapes, while…
Farm Camp
…New York Famed as an educational resource for ag-minded adults, the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture also connects the farm-to-table dots for budding activists, via days devoted to…
Keys (2.0) of Soil Taxonomy available in Spanish
…editorial support was provided by Jenny Sutherland, Editor, National Soil Survey Center. At this time, the Spanish Edition of the Keys is only available as a downloadable PDF at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051546.pdf…
Agri View: Peanut Butter
…the center comes out clean or with moist-looking crumbs. Cool 5 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Cut into 12 pieces and…
Former Los Angeles Mayor to Speak at Water Technology Conference
…in Clovis. The one-day conference is a BlueTech Valley event presented by the Fresno State International Center for Water Technology that will bring together researchers, industry experts and water experts…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
…this challenge by funding innovative research and sharing in the cost of both time-tested and cutting edge conservation practices, or we can thank them for feeding the world by regulating…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…– 60 percent 2006 – 100 percent DWR’s California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) Web sites show current water conditions at the state’s reservoirs and weather stations. Reservoirs: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action Precipitation: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow_rain.html…
Agri View: Grand Champion
…Worth Stock Show Bidding was fierce during the Sale of Champions on Saturday morning, the finale of the Fort Worth Stock Show. Lewis Hall, left, Richard Hall, center, and Sheri…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…the agency’s Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan and $25 million of additional funding for research on antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic alternatives through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and/or its…
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…known as citrus greening disease. This funding is available through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (CDRE), which was authorized by the 2014 Farm…
Transitioning to Organic Certification
…hosting over 30 webinars on organic agriculture. USDA’s National Institute of Food & Agriculture, USDA’s Risk Management Agency, and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program have also funded numerous…
Agri View: SNAP Changes
…Mail: Comments should be addressed to Vicky Robinson, Chief, Retailer Management and Issuance Branch, Retailer Policy and Management Division, Room 418, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. All comments…