…and ranchers, but will have an even greater impact on new and young farmers who have not built up equity, are renting a significant portion of their land or are…
Protecting Bloom from Spring Freeze
…from early spring freeze. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Protecting Bloom from Spring Freeze From: Michigan State University Extension Using sprinklers to protect plants from spring freezes…
Spring Fruit Blossoms
…on when fruit blossoms are most susceptible to early spring freeze. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Spring Fruit Blossoms From: Michigan State University Extension Freeze damage depends…
Baseball Dogs
…This Land of Ours. Baseball Dogs From: the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council MLB Fans Predicted to Consume More Than 19.4 Million Hot Dogs in 2016 Like candy on…
Agri View: Driverless Tractors
…few years. The tractors use GPS and other wireless technologies to farm land without the need of a driver. They operate simply with the aid of a supervisor monitoring the…
North American Producers Committed
…reduction in water usage and a 78 percent drop in land needed to produce a pound of pork. In their discussions, the leaders recognized that, in addition to production efficiencies…
Veteran Serves Escondido Ag Community
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is celebrating National Volunteer Week by thanking and honoring its Earth Team volunteers Commander Everest and a landowner inspect an insect trap as part of…
Unique Gardens
…days. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Unique Gardens 5 Places (That Ain’t in the Ground) to Grow Vegetables by Jonathon Engels Image source: Eva Blue/Flickr Gardening, it…
High Tunnel System Initiative
…eligible land and have natural resource concerns which may be addressed by a seasonal high tunnel may participate in EQIP. See the EQIP website for more information about eligibility for…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…pollution on human health and visibility; Drought and land-use changes in the western U.S. that may impact the incidence of dust storms; and Impacts to air quality from increased nitrogen-based…
Climate Change a Good Thing for Wine?
…on This Land of Ours. Climate Change Wine From: NPR.org An Upside To Climate Change? Better French Wine by Alastair Bland NPR freelance writer based in San Francisco who covers…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…agriculture production suited for this land – and indeed needed to maintain this land – is livestock grazing. If beef imports from the Mexican rainforest are permitted, they will drive…
National Beer Day
…find a place to settle where the farmland would be rich and the climate congenial. Instead, they found themselves struggling with the stony soil and harsh winters of New England…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…toward a projected 9 billion by 2050, diminishing land and water resources, and increasingly variable climatic conditions. In addition, AFRI programs help develop new technologies and a workforce that will…