Everett Griner talks about who was the real inventor of the cotton gin in today’s Agri View. Agri View: Who Invented the Cotton Gin? One of the largest…
Do Personality Traits in Pigs Matter?
Researchers at UC Davis are studying personality traits in pigs to determine the role personality plays in the welfare and sustainable production of farm animals. Kristina Horback, an assistant professor…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…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…
AFBF Details NAFTA Renegotiation Priorities
…trade disruptions related to agricultural production technologies like biotechnology is also important, AFBF said. Read the letter from AFBF. Comments on Negotiating Objectives Regarding Modernization of the North American Free…
Agri View: Animal Value
…sights on farm animals. All of them. Cattle, horses, sheep, maybe even poultry. Chickens and egg production have already been challenged in some circles. Unlike the circus, farmers cannot simply…
The Importance of Zinc in Almond Production
Zinc is a critical micronutrient for all deciduous crops. It is a component of chlorophyll, which serves as the mechanism converting sunlight into carbon to enable nut development. Retired UC…
USDA Seeks Cotton Board Nominees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for candidates to fill 13 member and 13 alternate positions on the Cotton Board. The Cotton Board represents Domestic cotton producers…
Meat Production Forecast Lowered in Latest WASDE
…meat production for 2017 was lowered from last month but is raised for 2018. Beef production for 2017 was lowered primarily on lighter carcass weights which more than offsets higher…
Pig Pens: A Look at Mirrors and Mats
…looks into a mirror may help Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists improve livestock housing. Studying livestock behavior, stress and other well-being and production factors is the job of animal scientist…
Agri View: Talk Continues on Effects of the Wall
…commodities like rice, corn, soybeans, and cotton could fall dramatically. Mexico is the top market for these commodities. Vietnam could supply the Mexico’s rice needs. It could be difficult to…
Agri View: Big Farm, Small Farm
…Here is an interesting fact. The larger number of farms accounted for only about 24 percent of all farm production. You still with me? OK. 2.9 percent of U.S. farms…
Adjusting NAFTA to Help Small Beef Producers
…smaller, independent beef operations. Since the implementation of NAFTA, multinational meatpacking companies have had the capacity to seek out the lowest costs of production which often means that cattle are…
Almond Matters: Hull Rot Management
…of the year,” he said. “But with some of the newer production practices where we have reduced pruning, narrowed the tree spacings and created a more humid microclimate in the…
Organic Research Institution Launches Industrial Hemp Research Project
…crop and a major industry in Pennsylvania for more than 260 years. Due to its close relationship to the marijuana plant, hemp production became a casualty of a 1933 law…