…beginning to change. UC Cooperative Extension and Fresno State agricultural production scientists researched overhead irrigation at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center for five years, growing wheat, corn,…
Agri View: Different Crops
…crops and products generating, on average, over $25 billion in farm cash receipts annually. Produced on only less than 2 percent of U.S. agricultural crop land, farm cash receipts from…
Almond Board: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Partnership
…University of California, Davis; the environmental non-profit group Sustainable Conservation; and the agricultural sciences and private research firm Land IQ. While this year’s El Niño storms provided some short term…
Agri View: Favorite Seafood
…An expose by The Associated Press last year found Thai companies ship seafood to the U.S. that was caught and processed by trapped and enslaved workers. As a result of…
Technology, Innovation and Food Waste
…Palo Alto, to discuss issues related to agricultural innovation and food waste. “California’s agricultural diversity and on-farm innovation is a driving force behind the foods and farm products we enjoy…
Monsanto Issues Statement on Glyphosate Renewal in EU
…of an agricultural product ever conducted. The risk assessment conducted by Germany and reviewed by the European Food Safety Agency included more than 90,000 pages of data. It also had…
California Walnut Acreage Report
…The Pacific Regional Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts an acreage survey of California walnut growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide walnut acreage…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…it will be harder to improve on agricultural sustainability through reductions in the use of water, pesticides and fuel. Mooney also addressed the importance of free trade agreements that deliver…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…follow us on Twitter(®) at @AdamaAgri. Contact Nina Zoukelman Corporate PR Manager Email: pr@adama.com Logo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140402/679073 SOURCE ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140402/679073 http://photoarchive.ap.org/ Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140402/679073 http://photoarchive.ap.org/ ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd….
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…establish and maintain new crops of energy biomass, or who harvest and deliver forest or agricultural residues to a USDA-approved facility that creates energy or biobased products. In fiscal year…
AFBF Supports GMO Study
…labeling standard and we urge them to do so soon–before it is too late to halt the non-science-based labeling mandate in Vermont. “The science behind the safety of modern agricultural…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…the GE crops. However, evolved resistance to current GE characteristics in crops is a major agricultural problem. A tiered process for regulating new crop varieties should focus on a plant’s…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…Council and other agricultural and business groups have known: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will be good for U.S. agriculture, U.S. businesses and the U.S. economy. The TPP, negotiations on…
Funding for Bioeconomy Research and Development
…program for fundamental and applied agricultural sciences. In the seven years since AFRI was established, the program has led to true innovations and ground-breaking discoveries in agriculture to combat childhood…