…the adoption of sustainable farming and ranching systems by producers in the western region. SARE is a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that functions through competitive grants…
Citrus Regulation Scoping Meeting Scheduled
…healthy trees by the psyllid after it feeds on infected plant tissue. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has scheduled a scoping meeting to discuss proposals for changes to…
Western View: Next Big Thing?
…began research in biofertility solutions for agriculture. Monsanto and Novozymes formed The BioAg Alliance to expand their research. They are presently testing more than 2,000 bacteria taken from soils around…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…study will determine if an integrated animal and crop production system is an economically feasible way to reduce tillage for certified organic farms. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
Chairman Conaway condemns Turkish cotton investigation House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Turkish government…
CA Ag Contributes to Food Banks
California Agriculture Contributes Record Amount of Farm Products to Food Banks The California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family program received a record 150 million pounds of donated produce…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
USDA Seeks Feedback from California and Nevada Growers About 2016 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, Values During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, include dry edible beans, down 13 percent from last year, and upland cotton, down 4 percent to the lowest intended acreage ever recorded….
Dairy Growth Could Be in Waste Stream
…great right now and forecasts don’t show factors that could improve the market. Bank of America national executive for food, wine and agriculture, Cornelius Gallagher, says industry research needs to…
Teenagers Access to Healthy Snacks
…Gustafson Alison Gustafson, an assistant professor in UK’s Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, has always been interested in people, what they eat and why they make the choices they…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Innovative Pest Management Solutions
USDA Announces $4 Million Available to Develop Innovative Pest Management Solutions The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $4 million…
Theft Reported While Industry Trained
How much of an issue are crop thefts like fictitious pickups? So much that agriculture detectives were called out of last week’s nut theft training seminar to start a new…