…sequenced by researchers at the Agricultural Research Service‘s (ARS) U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska. The breeds include Angus, Brangus and Hereford. The publicly accessible information…
Protect Your Poultry from Avian Influenza
…by our risk map, said Beatriz Martínez López, director of the Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance in the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. The UC Agriculture…
National Farmers Union Cautions Against Health Care Changes
…“if we repeal the Affordable Care Act, those voices are going to be front and center again,” according to DTN. The Republican plan would replace federal insurance subsidies with a…
Almond Board: When Should You Water?
With the unusually wet year, growers are changing up their irrigation schedules. Spencer Cooper, senior manager of irrigation and water efficiency, tells us what growers need to be monitoring right…
El Nino May Yet Show Up in 2017
…Institute and the U.S. Climate Prediction Center say El Nino is the more favored weather scenario over neutral or La Nina Conditions. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Agri View: Eating Habits
…should say is has already changed. Very likely it is either organically grown or it is genetically modified. A major research center is currently studying not just how food production…
Citrus Showcase This Week
…2 at the Visalia Convention Center. The annual meeting gets the latest huanglongbing (HLB), Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and water management research out to growers. CCM Vice President Bob Blakely…
UNH Research: Organic Pesticides Help Manage Cabbage Aphids on Brussels Sprouts
…Cabbage Aphid in Brussels Sprout, 2016. Founded in 1887, the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture is UNH’s original research center and an…
National Pork Board Increases International Markets Funding
…pork safety and sustainability and environmental management. For information on Checkoff-funded programs, pork producers can call the Pork Checkoff Service Center at (800) 456-7675 or check the Internet at www.pork.org….
AFBF Joins Groups in Support of Farm Bill Funding
…Bread for the World, Feeding America, the Food Research & Action Center, the National Association of Counties, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. The letter…
50th Anniversary of World Ag Expo Comes to a Close
…largest annual agricultural exposition was held at the International Agri-Center and featured 1,480 exhibitors on 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space. The three day show hosted 105,780 attendees representing…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…fellow farmers and community members, “Everybody is just concerned. We don’t know what to expect; we just don’t know what is going to happen,” adding that local irrigation districts are…
KIND CEO Pledges $25 Million for Nutrition Group
…of Let’s Move! and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy at The White House Michael Jacobson, PhD, Co-Founder and President of the Center for Science in the Public Interest Marion…
New Venture for the National Farm Machinery Show
…Held annually at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, it attracts 300,000 attendees from the U.S. and around the world. The country’s oldest indoor tractor pull, the Championship Tractor Pull,…