Harvest is fast approaching and reducing dust during the process should be on the minds of almond growers. The Almond Board of California has done a lot of research into…
BASF Closes Acquisition of Bayer’s Vegetable Seeds Business
…successful business track record to BASF’s portfolio.” The acquired vegetable seeds business comprises 24 crops and about 2,600 varieties. It also includes a research and development operation, and breeding systems…
Perdue Talks Tariffs, Water in San Joaquin Valley
…California industries — some of which lead the nation in production– including nuts, stone fruits and dairy made sure the state didn’t get overlooked. Perdue reasoned with folks around the…
U.S., Mexico, Close to Reaching NAFTA Deal
…when it comes to dairy. The U.S. is hoping to remove Canada’s dairy supply management system as part of the NAFTA talks. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Poultry Facilities Recognized for Safety Performance
…– Processing Jonesboro, AR – Further Processing Case Farms Shelby, NC – Feed Mill Dudley, NC Goldsboro Division – Processing Cobb-Vantress, Inc. University of Arkansas Breeder Research Farm – Hatchery…
Global Food Prices Decline
…which was impacted by a truck drivers’ strike. Dairy prices fell 6.6 percent in July as international price quotations across all dairy commodities fell, with the sharpest declines registered for…
USDA Announces Further Reorganization
…service, strengthen offices and programs, and save taxpayer dollars.” As per the announcement, The Economic Research Service, currently under USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics mission area, will realign with the…
Water Works: Deficit Irrigation in Processing Tomatoes
In today’s Water Works, brought to you by AquiMax, research looking at deficit irrigation in the production of processing tomatoes has produced some interesting results. Because of the nature of…
NAFTA Negotiations: Mexico Close, Canada Talks Not Close
…order.” Doud also talked about discussions with Canada, saying the agricultural issues with Canada have been the same for years, which is a veiled reference to their country’s dairy and…
Agri View: Honey Bee Losses Continue to Rise
Everett Griner talks about the research which goes on across the country as the honey bee losses continue to rise in today’s Agri View. Honey Bee Losses Continue to Rise…
Celebrating National Goat Cheese Month
…the Mediterranean to Eastern Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia and India. The first settlers in America included goats in their inventory of dairy animals and the dairy goat has always been…
Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops
…has been notoriously difficult. The researchers’ unique platform stabilizes large “stacks” of DNA needed for conferring key traits, allowing researchers to insert suites of genes “so precisely that no unintended…
NRCS Partners in California Receive $1.3 Million for Conservation Innovations
…design and refine new, reduced disturbance no-till systems at their farms,” said Jeff Mitchell of UC Davis Extension. “The project also has research partners at UC Davis, Chico State and…
USDA Invests in Healthy Food Options for Low-Income Families
…group has been awarded a grant totaling $623,430 to further the efforts of providing more healthy food options for SNAP families. The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research…