…a partnership with Sacramento-based agricultural and environmental consulting firm Land IQ, has been developing a spatial database of almond acreage in California. Joel Kimmelshue with Land IQ explains why this…
Ag Tech Investments Reach Record
Investments in agricultural technology reached a record $25 billion globally last year, despite a softer global agriculture economy. A new report released this week by the Boston Consulting Group and…
Soil Health Key Topic of Climate-Smart Ag Meeting
…the Oct. 24 – 25 event. It focused on developing research targets for agricultural goals that: Support achievement of USDA’s “building blocks” for climate-smart agriculture; Integrate existing U.S. Midwest field…
Wasp and Scale Insects Help Control Giant Reed
…paying off, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists released the arundo gall wasp and the arundo scale several years ago as…
Export Exchange Wrapping Up
…presidential election and its potential impact on trade. Dineen says despite who wins the election next month, “trade is too important to our consumers, our agricultural system and our entire…
Bullish Agribusiness Opportunities Exist
…wins the presidential election on Nov. 8, trade is too important to our consumers, our agricultural system and our entire economy to be relegated to the kind of hyperbolic, overblown…
Improve Energy Efficiency, Adopt Renewable Energy Systems
…million in loan guarantees to agricultural producers and rural small business owners since the start of the Obama Administration. When operational, these projects will generate or save almost 9 million…
Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics to Meet
…Agriculture; County Estimates and Farm Structure Panel update; response rate research; big data overview; National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) communications plan; a new online Census response tool; and the Agricultural…
Extension Educators Receive National Honors
…new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email updates, or follow us…
‘Stealth Visits’ Concern the Livestock Industry
…have no respect for the law or animal safety. We also ask law enforcement to provide any assistance possible to the agricultural community in preventing these unlawful “visits” from occurring….
Rural Mainstreet Index Reaches Lowest Level Since Recession
…straight month the index has languished below growth neutral 50.0. The October farm equipment-sales index sank to 13.1 from September’s 14.3. “Weakness in farm income and low agricultural commodity prices…
Vilsack Names Members and Alternates to the Hass Avocado Board
…Bonsall, Calif. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight of the Hass Avocado Board in accordance with the Hass Avocado Promotion, Research and Information Act of 2000 and the Hass…
Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook
…155,000-STRV increase from the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), as raised sugarbeet production prospects outweigh reductions in sugarcane production. Total import projections are increased by 27,000 STRV…
Clinton, Trump Campaigns Talk Agriculture
Ag advisers from the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns took center stage at a recent forum on American agricultural issues. Ag topics haven’t been front and center in the…