April is “Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month” It’s spring, which means many invasive Hungry Pests are emerging and will soon begin feeding on trees, plants and crops. These…
Veterinarians Take to Capitol Hill
…including an animal pest, disease and disaster prevention and response program, a stronger national animal health laboratory network, and a U.S. livestock vaccine bank with immediate priority to foot-and-mouth disease….
Research Reveals a New Direction for Halting the Citrus Greening Epidemic
…by David Hall Citrus greening, also known as “huanglongbing,” is a serious disease dramatically affecting citrus production across the world. Trees with this disease all die after only a few…
USDA Provides Funds to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…to quickly detect and rapidly respond to invasive pests and diseases. They also help our country maintain the infrastructure necessary for making sure that disease-free, certified planting materials are available…
Agri View: Agriculture Problems
Everett Griner talks about birds can be added to the list of problems facing farmers along with insects and diseases in today’s Agri View. Well, no matter where you live…
CDFA Works to Reinstate Emergency Pest Management Protocols
…eating native fish. You expand the bark beetle population in our forests. You allow Pierce’s disease and glassy-winged sharpshooter to flourish…the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing will expand until you’ve…
House Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan STRESS Act to Help Farmers
…other states, in response to the most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control which found rates of suicide among farmers are the highest of any occupation in the…
House Bill Exempts Farms From Reporting Emissions
…Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a state police agency, after receiving a report. “The pork industry was prepared to comply with the reporting mandate,” Heimerl said, ”but EPA,…
Crops Hold Onto Harmful Mutations That Reduce Productivity
…deleterious mutations, including those that dysregulate expression (suboptimal gene expression), can lead to subpar performance and diseases. The data set includes nearly 300 lines of maize varieties and nearly 80…
Almond Matters: Foliar Disease Protection
…the springtime diseases, and summer diseases. The springtime stage of diseases primarily occur during bloom or shortly after. “We’re talking about diseases like brown rot or blossom blight, shot hole…
ARS Scientist Leads $1 Million Funded Consortium to Seek Honey Bee Disease Controls
The deadly parasitic Varroa mite on the back of this honey bee is one of many insect pests that sugar esters may be useful in controlling. Sucrose octanoate, a sugar…
Almond Matters: California Weather Increasing Importance of Fungicides
…followed by mild temperatures have helped create ideal growing conditions for a variety of plant diseases. “That triggers a lot of our pathogens, our organisms in our orchards, to activate,”…
NCBA President Has Ambitious Goals for 2018
…and mouth disease,” said Kester, “we really need to improve and update our strains.” Trade is also a major focal point for NCBA, as “almost 20 percent of our value…
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
…risk of coronary heart disease. Peanut butter is 90% or more peanuts. It takes approximately 540 peanuts to make a 12 ounce jar of peanut butter. No matter how you…