…disease in poultry and requires close monitoring. Animal health experts say bird flu infection rates on Chinese poultry farms may be far higher than previously thought, because the strain of…
UNH Research: Organic Pesticides Help Manage Cabbage Aphids on Brussels Sprouts
…is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 228522. For additional information on this research project, read UNH Research Report: Managing…
CA Farmers Monitor Storms’ Impact on Crops, Water
Strong storms during the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend flooded farm fields, caused several dairy farms to relocate their animals and brought other impacts on California farms and ranches. The storms…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…Sacramento Valley Packing. “We have so many farms, agricultural facilities and equipment. We’ve got packing facilities and dehydrators and dryers, so if something happens, for agriculture it will be a…
Congress Reintroduces Legislation to Cut Red Tape For Conservationists
…them in the first place.” Brent Van Dyke Current law requires all incorporated business entities – including many farms, ranches, and forest operations – to register with the federal government’s…
Immigration Crackdown Making Farm Labor Nervous
…The American Farm Bureau Federation says more than half of U.S. farm workers are undocumented, and farmers are already coping with a decreasing labor supply in the Western U.S. due…
New FARM Program Environmental Stewardship Module Helps Measure Improvements in Dairy Sustainability
In its continued effort to share the compelling story of continuous improvement on America’s dairy farms, the National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program has opened participation in its…
Tyson Foods Tied to Price-Fixing Lawsuit
…was “limiting their production.” The suit was filed by Mapleville Farms of New York, stating that methods of limiting production included the “unprecedented” destruction of breeder hens in 2008. The…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…Statistics for the complete 2017 farm income forecast data and full history of U.S. and State farm sector estimates. Charts and Maps About Your State, Charts and Maps of U.S.…
Western View: Living History at Fort Tejon
…and order. The soldiers helped keep the peace between the Indians living in the area and the white settlers who were developing the farms in the valley. They also had…
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Confirmed in South Korea
…as it was one of three types of illness the nation inoculates against. However, as reported by Reuters, the government put in place a nationwide standstill order for farms with…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…since August, when 81 percent of respondents felt their farms were in worse financial condition than a year earlier, it still indicates financial conditions have been worsening on most farms….
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 11 grants totaling $3 million for Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) projects focused on…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…the U.S. each week is exported, and because of our industry’s incredible productive capacity we need more – not fewer – opportunities to boost that ratio even higher. The U.S.…