Post-harvest irrigation for almond growers starts the success of next year’s crop. Senior Manager of Irrigation and Water Efficacy for the Almond Board, Spenser Cooper, tells us why it’s so…
Clean Water Act: Report Details how Agencies Expand Authority
…of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency have tried to expand their authority to regulate what crops farmers grow and how they grow them, based on the agencies’ interpretation of the…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…Pocantico Hills, N.Y. The grants are to be funded through NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI). “The Specialty Crop Research Initiative offers strategic investments to help bring specialty crops to…
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Coverage Wednesday, October 12
…new premier sponsor for this crop forecast coverage series, OnlyMoso USA, will host AgNet’s Gary Cooper to anchor the broadcast from a related bamboo business headquarters in Italy, which has…
Putin Tells Russia to Not Hurry Grain Movement
President Vladimir Putin of Russia this week hailed the nation’s farmers efforts in producing the biggest post-Soviet grain crop this week. However, in his message to farmers, he cautioned the…
Arkansas Representative Introduces Tax Deferred Savings Bill for Farmers
…we don’t need to look any further than this past August for proof of that. From crop failure, changing markets, insect damage, unusual weather, and natural disasters, producers’ livelihoods are…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
Having reduced their plantings in recent years due to the drought, California rice farmers are harvesting a bigger crop this season—but they are also feeling the pinch of lower market…
Two New Berries for You
Columbia Giant, a new blackberry cultivar developed and released by ARS. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Chad Finn and his colleagues at the Horticultural Crops Research Unit in Corvallis, Oregon,…
Organic Research and Extension Programs Funding
…transitioning organic livestock and crop producers improve their competitiveness as well as adopt organic practices. Priority areas for 2016 include research on organic practices such as crop rotation, improved technologies…
Drought May Accelerate Shot Hole Borer Spread
…trees that are stressed. As the drought continues and more of our landscape and crop trees are stressed for water, they’re more attractive to these types of beetles,” Bianchi said….
Heritage Foundation Slams Farm Bill
The Heritage Foundation last week released its most sweeping critique of U.S. agriculture policy, according to Politico. The foundation called on Congress to revamp its approach to crop insurance, food…
Agri View: Bee Survival
…in order to produce a successful crop. The problem will not end. But, beekeepers have found that better care can reduce their losses. One producer in California has reduced his…
Edible Packaging Made from Milk
Today Cathy Isom tells us about edible packaging that can cover your food and is also safe to eat. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Edible Packaging in…
Canada Producers Share Agribusiness Merger Fears
…Crop Inputs Largest Crop Nutrient Company in the World and 3rd Largest Natural Resource Company in Canada Preeminent, Low-Cost Producer of Potash and High-Quality Nitrogen and Phosphate Integrated with Leading…