…diseases, changing climate, and a growing population. Institutions receiving AFRI Food Security Breeding and Phenomics of Food Crops and Animals grants for fiscal year 2016 include: University of California, Davis,…
Smart Water Deters Ag Theft
Detectives from the Tulare County Sheriff’s agriculture crime unit are using new technology to thwart ag theft. The product is called SmartWater CSI. Detective John Nicholson said equipment owners can…
Response to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s paper on Clean Fuel Standard
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) joined the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) in submitting comments in response to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Discussion Paper on a…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
…on existing Climate FieldViewTM customers who currently use John Deere’s Wireless Data Server (WDS) technology to stream data into their account. The Climate Corporation remains committed to enabling seamless field…
Western View: Is Global Warming Real?
…climate change for more than ten years, and wrote a book titled Hubris: The Troubling Science, Economics, and Politics of Climate Change. In an interview, Hart said that he learned…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…has accounted for 69 percent of the South’s 5.2-percent average annual increase in output. Relative to other districts, the South appears to have benefited from advantages in soil and climate,…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…groundbreaking discoveries that combat childhood obesity, improve and sustain rural economic growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability, and ensure food…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…Because of the diversity of crops and climate zones within the Western Region, the project is divided into four sub-regions that encompass 13 states and two territories. To date, 204…
RFA Celebrates Earth Day 2017
…the use of low carbon fuels like ethanol. Indeed, the RFS has been America’s most potent and proven policy to combat climate change. Progressive carbon-reducing policies like the RFS should…
Funding to Educate the Future Agricultural Science Workforce
…production, find 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…
Food, Conservation Groups Invest in Soil to Sustain Food Production
…and a stable climate.” Share this Post Independent Voice for California: Culotti’s Plan April 17, 2026 California Cherries 2026: Bigger Crop, Earlier Season, New Challenges April 15, 2026 California Citrus…
2017 Corn Plantings Falling Behind
…average. Over the next ten days, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting normal to cooler temperatures in the Eastern Corn Belt and normal to above average precipitation…
Deadline to Apply for Funding to Grow the Bioeconomy June 28th
…in user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries that combat childhood obesity, improve and sustain rural economic growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability, and…
$6.3 Million in Funding Available for Resilient Agroecosystems-July 13 Deadline
…Agroecosystems and Climate Challenge Area is to improve sustainable agriculture and food systems. In FY 2017, this Challenge Area will invest in one priority area: climate, land use, and land…