…extension activities to better understand and mitigate AMR along the food chain.” The AFRI Food Safety Challenge Area supports integrated research, education, and extension projects that address food safety challenges….
Census Of Agriculture Countdown Begins For America’s Farmers And Ranchers
…NASS Administrator Hubert Hamer. “As such, census results are relied upon heavily by those who serve farmers and rural communities, including federal, state and local governments, agribusinesses, trade associations, extension…
Kings County Farm Day Next Week
…cooperative effort between the Kings County Farm Bureau, the Kings County Office of Education and the Kings Fair, and is made possible by proceeds from Farm Bureau’s Taste of the…
USDA Seeks Project Proposals to Protect and Restore Critical Wetlands
…through cooperative and partnership agreements. These partners work with tribal and private landowners who voluntarily enroll eligible land into easements to protect, restore and enhance wetlands on their properties. “These…
Subcommittee Evaluates Effectiveness of Specialty Crop Production Programs
…assistance and extension services. This hearing is a continuation in the series of hearings that set the stage for the next farm bill. “The diversity of specialty crops makes the…
Farmers Volunteer to Monitor Levees
…contribute their time, but landowners on whose property levee repairs must be made have been 100 percent cooperative in allowing any work that needs to be done. “They didn’t say,…
Harvest Update, ACP and Marketing at Citrus Showcase
…go.” Citrus Showcase attendees also got an update on the Asian citrus psyllid program. Cooperative Extension Citrus Entomologist Beth Grafton-Cardwell said there have been 34 trees confirmed with huanglongbing in…
Protect Your Poultry from Avian Influenza
…the initial sequence of the virus, the source of the virus is thought to be waterfowl, said Maurice Pitesky, UC Cooperative Extension poultry specialist in the School of Veterinary Medicine…
Almond Board: When Should You Water?
…such as University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension. Please email Spencer Cooper, for an in-the-orchard visit or phone consultation. Spencer’s support allows for system-specific recommendations…
Snowpack Water Content Remains Far above Average
…California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, conducted today’s survey at Phillips and said of his findings, “It’s not the record, the record being 56.4 (inches), but still a pretty phenomenal snowpack…….
Senate Told Action Needed to Address Dairy Safety Net
…is a third-generation dairy farmer and owner of Foster Dairy in Ft. Scott, Kansas. She testified on behalf of her cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, as well as the National…
Fighting a Citrus Killer
By Sean Nealon, UC Riverside Credit: UC Riverside UC Riverside researchers (from left) Philippe Rolshausen, David Jassby, Haizhou Liu, Caroline Roper, Georgios Vidalakis and James Borneman received a $5.1 million…
USDA Invests $4.8 Million in University Agricultural Programs
…2009, NIFA has invested in and advanced innovative and transformative initiatives to solve societal challenges and ensure the long-term viability of agriculture. NIFA’s integrated research, education, and extension programs support…
UNH Research: Organic Pesticides Help Manage Cabbage Aphids on Brussels Sprouts
…Agricultural Experiment Station and extension professor of sustainable horticulture production, and her undergraduate student Talia Levy. Levy studied the issue of aphid infestations of Brussels sprouts for her senior thesis….