…she added, U.S. agriculture remains vulnerable to emerging and foreign animal diseases. A disease the pork industry and other livestock sectors are particularly concerned about, Wagstrom testified, is Foot-and-Mouth Disease…
Cheerios Ditches Gluten-Free Label in Canada
…Celiac Association has been warning people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity not to consume Cheerios. The association claims General Mills had not disclosed enough detail about its testing procedure…
Breeding Resistant Chickens for Improved Food Safety
It’s not a simple process to map and sequence the genome of an animal. Geneticist Hans Cheng and collegues at the ARS Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory used the DNA…
New Film Discusses GMO Misinformation
The maker of a film called Food Evolution, supported by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, says his documentary shows how easily misinformation can overwhelm objective analysis. Scott Hamilton Kennedy…
Watching Out for Black-Hearted Pomegranates
…aphids and stink bugs. Sanitation is important to limiting the inoculum source. “Fungal infections are spread from wounds and from diseased fruit and so you cut out diseased tissue, get…
Seasonal Fruits for Your Health
…that help draw water to the outside part of our skin. Cranberries are like magic. They can prevent cancer, detox your liver, reduce stomach ulcers, and fight off cardiovascular disease….
Optimism at the California Citrus Conference
…message of optimism that California growers have the tenacity to succeed through periods of heightened disease concerns, as exhibited by the response to Pierce’s disease nearly 15 years ago. The…
More HLB Discoveries in Southern California
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced another 33 discoveries of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease have been made in the Los Angeles area last week. Part of that total…
California Benefits from Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…of organic and sustainable production practices, along with pest control and disease study. Grant awards also addressed workforce concerns throughout the supply chain. Funding for employee training on new technologies,…
Avocado Industry Gets Pest Update at Recent Meeting
…Wilt Disease. So far, the lethal disease has not made its way into California yet, but Spann offered a reminder of the danger the disease presents and what growers need…
Spot Fumigation Could Cut Costs and More
…major concerns to consider. The fungal microbial complex, Prunus replant disease, is a significant problem for growers primarily in the San Joaquin Valley as well as the Sacramento Valley. “The…
Gluten Free Wheat Near Reality
…from a gluten allergy, known as celiac disease, which when paired with gluten can induce severe illness. Details of the research were published recently in the Plant Biotechnology Journal. From…
“i5k” is for Insects
…cattle fever ticks. This vaccine may protect cattle from several fatal tick-borne diseases and eventually fight ticks that spread Lyme disease to people. Parallel with the i5k initiative, ARS’s National…
Tomato Crop Coming in Lighter than Expected
…the fields late.” Add in the summertime heat wave, disease pressures and lower prices, and the canneries will be seeing fewer tomatoes than they contracted for. Mike Montna, president and…