Everett Griner gives us facts about soybeans, the second largest crop grown in the U.S. in today’s Agri View. Soybeans, U. S. Second Largest Crop From: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia…
The Western View: Fake Science
…American and Swedish scientists, have discovered a gene from the barley plant which, when injected into rice, can eliminate the rice crop’s methane emissions – which accounts for about 17…
CA Farmers Achieve More Air Quality Gains
…and keep soil covered with crop residue; and 7) use precision pesticide application that reduces volatile organic compounds by at least 20 percent. Beginning with the 2008 Farm Bill, financial…
National Weed Appreciation Day
They crop up in our flower beds, gardens and yards the moment we turn our backs. Cathy Isom tells us why we should appreciate the unwanted weed that just won’t…
Agri View: Pigweed Research
…has been as a noxious weed and a competitor to more marketable crops, rather than as a crop in its own right. As a Weed Amaranth muesli mix Palmer amaranth…
Lettuce Research Grant
…adapt the crop to global warming. Heat in particular leads lettuce to “bolt” or transition from a vegetative stage to the flowering stage, which is a problem in hotter climates…
Agri View: New Cash Crop
Everett Griner talks about a new cash crop surpassing corn and soybeans in today’s Agri View. New Cash Crop From: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A cash crop is an agricultural…
Biofuel Trade Groups, Companies Commend Senators’ Action
…by-products and sustainable energy crops, municipal and agricultural waste, and algae. For more information, visit www.advancedbiofuels.org. About ADM For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company…
Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…farmer George Berry built a combine around a steam traction engine and voilà: the first self-propelled combine. 6. Auto Truck: Machinery, critters and crops, among other heavy things, all need…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
…temperature is rising at a faster rate, especially in winter. That’s good for winter crops, but not so good for crops that require chill hours.” Many tree crops require cold…
Agri View: Corn Facts
…want to cook with it. It is, of course, corn – the foundation of both American agriculture and the FFA emblem, symbolizing unity as a crop grown in all 50…
CDFA Fertilization Guidelines for Irrigated Agriculture Expanded
The California Fertilization Guidelines on the Fertilizer Education and Research (FREP) website have been expanded to include recommendations for 18 crops, representing more than half of the irrigated agriculture in…
Johnsongrass Target of New Research
…Johnsongrass, a coarse and generally clumping grass, is one of the most troublesome of perennial grasses. It rapidly produces colonies, is very competitive with crop plants, and is especially a…
Farmers Reminded to Respond to the 2015 Certified Organic Survey
…and products to help sustain industry growth. For example, USDA’s Risk Management Agency will use the information to evaluate crop insurance coverage to help provide adequate pricing for organic producers…