…grown in the Central Plains and Southeast United States. Additionally, when sorghum is infested with sorghum aphids — which are known to feed on all types of sorghum — large amounts…
Water Board Suspends Flow Restrictions to Improve Water Storage Opportunity
…said Roger Isom, President and CEO of the Western Agricultural Processors Association. “The good news is those restrictions are going to be relaxed. We’re going to be able to pump…
VofV: Radicle Growth CEO and Managing Partner Kirk Haney on the Secret to Successful Agtech Investing
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Conservation Reserve Program General Signup Opens February 27
…Conservation Reserve Program is one of the largest private lands conservation programs in the United States, offering a range of conservation options to farmers, ranchers and landowners,” FSA State Executive…
VofV: Tom Mulholland and the Bottom Line of Agriculture – Productivity
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Biden to Nominate Xochitl Torres Small as USDA Deputy Secretary
…second congressional district, the fifth largest district in the country. As a United States Representative, Torres Small served as a member of the House Agriculture Committee. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack…
Details of Climate-Smart Agriculture Investments from IRA
…IRA climate funding is reaching those who have been previously unable to access conservation assistance. Water Supply Investments USDA also released today the Western Water and Working Lands Framework for…
U.S. Wants Science from Mexico on GMO Corn Ban
…USMCA. If it continues, the dispute threatens to disrupt the billions of dollars’ worth of corn trade between the United States and Mexico. McKalip says Mexico rejected 14 agricultural product…
Legislation Seeks to Protect U.S. Farmland from Foreign Investment
…also add the Secretary of Agriculture as a standing member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Representatives Jim Costa, Elise Stefanik, Rick Crawford, and Senators…
New Ways to Track COVID in Animals
…basic technology. Both technologies are being worked on by scientists in the Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit (PS&MRU) at the ARS Western Regional Research Center in Albany, California. Currently, all official…
VofV: Stuart Woolf Talks Agtech from Apple Computers to Almonds
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Significant FDA Structural Changes on the Horizon
…However, Western Growers SVP of Science, De Ann Davis said they look forward to working with the agency in implementing the important changes. “We appreciate the Commissioner’s consideration of the…
Wings on the Menu for the Big Game
…Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. about 62 times. Enough to give four wings each to every man, woman and child in the United States. Phoenix’s State Farm Stadium (home of Super Bowl LVII)…
VofV: Belinda Clarke and the Many Ways Science Can Help Growers Adapt
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