…by multiple sensors and fed by an internet-controlled irrigation and nutrition system. The system is chemical and pesticide-free and can prioritize food grown for taste, color, and nutritional value. Rather…
Inconclusive HLB Tests Remind Growers of Disease Threat
…Director of the Lindcove Research and Extension Center, Beth Grafton-Cardwell gave an update on the Asian citrus psyllid and huanglongbing situation in California. As AgNet West has talked to Grafton-Cardwell…
Wiping Out Bacteria with Nanoparticle-Cotton Fibers
…Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC) in New Orleans, Louisiana, used a new process to create silver cotton nanocomposite fiber for use in applications such as bandages, disposable undergarments, shoe liners,…
Groups Applaud EPA Proposed Rule To Repeal WOTUS
…the WOTUS rule broadened that to include, among other water bodies, upstream waters and intermittent and ephemeral streams such as the kind farmers use for drainage and irrigation. It also…
Sanderson Farms Sued Over Drugs in Poultry
Three of the bigger activist groups filed suit against Sanderson Farms, a major poultry-producing company. Politico’s Morning Ag Report says the Organic Consumers Association, Friends of the Earth, and Center…
Agri View: Dangerous Jobs
…Iowa, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health Tractor Overturns Safe operating techniques reduce the risk of overturns. ROPS reduce the risk of injury or death in the event of an…
Late-Harvest Processing Peaches Bring More Green
New cost studies released by the UC ANR Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension show that peach growers could net roughly $800 more per acre from late-harvest processing peaches…
NAFTA Renegotiations to Take Center Stage
A series of public hearings next week on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement seeks comments on the efforts. The U.S. is scheduled to post its NAFTA…
Nitrogen Levels in Navel Oranges
…grove requires. Evidence suggests that nitrogen levels will depend on a variety of factors such as tree health, variety, productivity, irrigation scheduling and efficiency, and how fertilizer is being applied….
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…Living Coast Discovery Center, California Mystic Middle School, Connecticut The Rotary Club of Cape Coral, Florida Camp Viola, Georgia Oglethorpe County Middle School, Georgia Doc’s Healing Hives and Honey Incorporation,…
Agri View: Crime against Agriculture Continues
…with so much copper, any irrigation system anywhere is a prime target. It isn’t confined to just irrigation and copper. Storage sheds and barns are stuffed with equipment that makes…
Fresno Food Expo Award Applications Still Being Accepted
The seventh annual Fresno Food Expo is scheduled for July 26 and 27 at the Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center. Applications for the fifth annual New Product Awards and third…
The Western View: Fruit Trail
…places like the Mennonite Quilt Center, Garry’s country store, Circle K Ranch, and more. It’s a cornucopia of all the wonderful things we grow here and ship around the world….
Healthy Preparation of Mushrooms
…Mushrooms are also an important source of biologically active compounds with a potential medicinal value such as beta glucans. Scientists from Mushroom Technological Research Center of La Rioja – or…