…while they are tired and vulnerable. Bats feed on some of the most damaging crop pests – including the moths of cutworms and armyworms – which helps to protect food…
NCC Conveys Farm Law Priorities
…eligible for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – a move that will serve as a bridge until new farm law is enacted. Regarding new…
Subcommittee Continues Examination of Farm Policy
…of both commodity policy and crop insurance. This hearing continues the committee’s hearing series to set the stage for the next farm bill. “Under current conditions, the farm bill is…
Funding to Relieve Veterinary Shortages
…other distance-based education, for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and other health professionals needed to strengthen veterinary programs and enhance food safety. Cover travel and living expenses of veterinary students, veterinary interns,…
Seed Industry to “Storm the Hill”
…opportunity for ASTA members representing every crop and every part of the nation to join together with a unified voice on Capitol Hill. “From international trade, to plant breeding innovation,…
USDA Offers Renewal Options for Expiring Conservation Stewardship Program Contracts
…and forest landowners earn payments for actively managing, maintaining, and expanding conservation activities like cover crops, buffer strips, pollinator and beneficial insect habitat, and soil health building activities – all…
FMC to Acquire Part of Divested DuPont Crop Protection Business
…a pipeline of 15 synthetic active ingredients currently in development, covering insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, and an extensive library of 1.8 million synthetic compounds. The majority of DuPont’s crop protection…
Agri View: New Citrus Crop
Everett Griner talks about a new Georgia citrus crop thriving in today’s Agri View. New Citrus Crop While Florida citrus farmers struggle with imported diseases and losses continue to devastate…
Gardening and Farming Cover Crops
…coming up on This Land of ours. Gardening and Farming Cover Crops A cover crop is any plant grown for the purpose of improving the soil. Cover crops are used…
Agri View: Long Shot Crop
…when the crop matures. Not at all uncommon in yards along the Gulf coast. The Satsuma was once a strong commercial crop in some places in that region. But a…
USDA Warns it Only Takes One Person to Spread Harmful Invasive Pests
April is Awareness Month for Invasive Plant Pests Each year, harmful invasive plant pests and diseases cost the United States about $40 billion in crop losses, damage to forests and…
Crop Rotation
Everyone that plants a garden wants a bountiful crop. Cathy Isom explains why crop rotation is so important for your garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Crop…
Report Names Ag Labor in Human Trafficking List
…in the agriculture and animal husbandry industry, from corn fields to orange orchards to dairy farms. Some crops such as tobacco—the crop cited most often on Polaris-operated hotlines—require much more…
Very Early Planting Not Worth the Risks
…planted crops are more prone to. He says the potential for frost damage and standability issues due to wet April and May soils are also common in early planted crops….