By Sara LaJeunesse, Penn State University Dead Pupa Credit: Tonilynn Baranowski A chemical that is thought to be safe and is, therefore, widely used on crops — such as almonds,…
USDA Invests in Citrus Greening Research
…citrus greening disease, aka Huanglongbing. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “The…
Strong Ag Background with Sonny Perdue
…grew up on a row crop farm in central Georgia and had his own agricultural businesses; so he is very familiar with the industry. “Agriculture is not one thing. It…
Almond Board: Navel Orangeworm Predictor
…is the primary insect pest of almonds in California. It poses a high risk to an almond crop because the worms bore into the nut and feed on the nutmeat….
California Avocados See Good 2016
…of supply and marketing efforts focused to match distribution. Shade California avocados are an alternate bearing crop. Often, but not always, a larger crop one year is followed by a…
Rains Don’t Damper Citrus Harvest
…It’s pretty typical for this time of year and isn’t causing any concern at this point,” Blakely said. The citrus crop is a little smaller this year, but Blakely says…
Humans Need Bees
…new study published in Nature Communications found that just two percent of wild bee species contributes 80 percent of the crop pollination visits observed globally. This means that if this…
Agri View: Guayule Crop
Guayule Image Courtesy: USDA Everett Griner talks about growing Guayule making progress in the U.S. in today’s Agri View. Guayule Crop I think it is called Guayule. It is a…
Proposal to Establish a New Organic Research, Promotion, and Information Order
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on a proposal for a new industry-funded research and promotion program. The proposed Organic Research, Promotion, and Information Order would cover…
2016 U.S. Cotton Supplies Higher than Expected
USDA says the 2016 cotton crop was larger than had been previously estimated. Will that push prices down? Higher than Expected…
January Crop Production Report
The USDA-NASS, Pacific Regional Office released the California crop production forecast for January. The latest survey, conducted during the last week of December 2016, and the first week of January…
USDA Expands Grasslands Conservation Program
…percent of the cost of cover practices like cross-fencing to support rotational grazing or improving pasture cover to benefit pollinators or other wildlife. USDA selects offers for enrollment based on…
Corn, Soybean Production Up in 2016
…key U.S. crops, in 2016, according to the Crop Production 2016 Summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). U.S. corn growers produced 15.1…
California Citrus Crop Forecast Increased
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