…FDA announced the new Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease. The…
Saudi Arabia Opening to U.S. Beef
Saudi Arabia announced it’s reopening its markets to U.S. beef after a four-year ban that was put in place due to concerns about BSE, or Mad Cow Disease. Pro Farmer’s…
Agri View: Pesticide Use and Losing Ability to Produce
…Farmers Stopped Using Them? Bugs, crop diseases and weeds are realities of life. Whether organic or conventional, farmers face these challenges each day. If tools like insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers were…
July 4th Food Safety
…Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 6 Americans (that’s 48 million people) suffer from foodborne illness each year, resulting in roughly 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. “Because foodborne…
Agri View: Animal Disease
Everett Griner talks about outbreak of a disease affecting Mink in today’s Agri View. Animal Disease From: The Merck Veterinary Manual Aleutian Disease (Plasmacytosis) Aleutian disease is a parvovirus infection…
National Pollinator Week
…are declining. Declines in wild pollinators may be a result of habitat loss and degradation, while declines in managed bees is linked to disease (introduced parasites and pathogens). Read more….
Agricultural Imagery and Technology
…they manage their farm, including decisions about fertilizing more efficiently, addressing pests and disease, and timeliness of planting and harvest. Imagery is the foundation for precision agriculture, and the innovations…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…product is used as a fumigant on grapes to suppress the spread of gray mold disease. EPA classifies pesticides as restricted use or general use pesticides. The restricted use pesticides…
Ag Committee Evaluates Effectiveness in SNAP-Ed
…many Americans, obesity and chronic disease are major health concerns. Programs like SNAP-Ed are working to combat these health risks by promoting healthy lifestyles and educating SNAP recipients on how…
HLB-Identified Trees Tested, Most Negative
…(CDFA) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) brought huanglongbing (HLB) disease detecting dogs to California earlier this month. The collaboration was looking to see if the dogs could…
Agri View: Feral Hog Control
…of diseases such as brucellosis and pseudorabies to livestock and humans is also a concern among livestock producers and to animal and public health authorities (Texas Animal Health Commission 1992)….
Asian Citrus Psyllid Pest Found in Monterey County
…the Huanglongbing disease (HLB). HLB is a bacterial disease harmless to humans or animals, but fatal to citrus trees. ACP has become established in California from the Yuma area to…
Removing HLB Infected Trees Only Option
…better position if they would have done the same. Florida citrus grower Pete Spyke says the practices Florida growers are using to stay afloat with huanglongbing (HLB) disease won’t matter…
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…of genes associated with important agricultural traits such as yield increase, stress response, and disease resistance and, ultimately, will make possible the production of improved wheat varieties for farmers. Since…