…options to growers looking for innovative solutions that protect crops and increase yields. By combining these high-value products and R&D capabilities with our own product portfolio, pipeline and formulation expertise,…
Agriculture Groups Focus on Importance of Immigration Reform in Letter to President
…of crops grown in every region in the country joined in sending the letter that calls for reforms to ensure that American agriculture has a legal, stable supply of workers…
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
…sustained hard freeze in the late 1950’s killed most of the trees. So farmers simply turned to other crops. Some farmers are giving it another shot. There is increasing number…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…profitability, and conservation of the U.S. alfalfa forage industry. Funding is made through NIFA’s Alfalfa and Forage Research Program (AFRP). “Alfalfa and other forage crops have great potential as high-value,…
Farm Bureau Cheers Perdue Committee Vote, Urges Full Senate to Confirm
…confirmation recognizes what we’ve said all along: Gov. Perdue is supremely qualified to run the USDA. He knows agriculture inside out, from veterinary medicine to row crops to the business…
Farm Bureau Praises EPA Chlorpyrifos Decision
…nationwide depend on chlorpyrifos in managing their crops,” Duvall said. “It is widely and safely used for a wide range of crops, including alfalfa, citrus, vegetables, soybeans, almonds and others….
Crop Rotation
…Rotation When it comes to wanting a bountiful garden year after year, probably one of the most important things you can do for it, is keep rotating your annual crops….
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….
Study Shows Capacity Funding is a Valued Investments to States
…research and applied agricultural research on specialty crops, livestock, and agricultural commodities specific to local geographies and production environments. Read the entire report at the NIFA website. NIFA invests in…
Agri View: Changing Weather
…welcomed relief. But, long range weather patterns has not vanished. Not yet. That problem, almost 100 years ago, did a lot more than destroy crops. It changed lives. And, it…
Ag Groups Divided on Health Care Reform
…support repeal of mandates that require individuals to purchase insurance and employers to cover their employees,” Duvall said. “Instead, we support a system that incentivizes people to plan for their…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…a regular basis just don’t understand what we’re going through and what this could mean to a lot of other crops in the future.” The disease is such an important…