…methyl benzoate could control Varroa mites, the No. 1 problem of managed honey bees today. You can read more about this research in the June 2017 issue of AgResearch magazine….
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…Tennessee, Tennessee IVM Partners, Inc., Tennessee Borderlands Research Institute, Texas City of New Braunfels PARD, Texas Gideon Lincecum Chapter – Texas Master Naturalists, Texas Utah State University Extension, Utah Belmont…
U.S. and China Reach Agreement to Boost Dairy Trade
The U.S. Dairy Export Council says the agreement reached this week between the U.S. and China will make it possible to significantly expand American dairy exports. An Agri-Pulse report says…
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…University of Minnesota and received his M.S. in 1997 and Ph.D. in 2000. His research has spanned a wide range of issues, including biofuels policy, water quality and quantity policies,…
Senators Want NAFTA Renegotiations to Address Canada Poultry Market
…growth for more than 20 years,” according to Politico. Similar to dairy, Canada maintains a strict supply management system on poultry production. The system’s import restrictions and production limits are…
Almond Board: Cover Crop Workshop
…PAm is the go-to organization at the interface of honeybees and pollinated crops. We’ve infused over $6 million into bee research since our inception in 2006 to provide growers with…
New Zealand to Visit U.S. to Talk Trade
…biggest market for beef and wine from New Zealand, and the nation’s second-largest dairy market. McClay called the U.S. a “vitally important trading partner” for New Zealand, worth more than…
USDA to Speed Through GMO Labeling Rule
…senior analyst at the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Livestock, Poultry and Seed program told the International Dairy Foods Association’s regulatory conference in Washington on this week that USDA has started to…
Do Personality Traits in Pigs Matter?
Researchers at UC Davis are studying personality traits in pigs to determine the role personality plays in the welfare and sustainable production of farm animals. Kristina Horback, an assistant professor…
NMPF Board of Directors Supports NAFTA Modernization
…pricing schemes that negatively impact U.S. dairy exports. The resolution also requests that no harm be done to trade with the United States’ largest dairy export market, Mexico. It also…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…agricultural watersheds across the United States. The grants are funded through the Water for Agriculture Challenge Area of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill….
AFBF Details NAFTA Renegotiation Priorities
…believe negotiations should address how U.S. agricultural exports to Canada would grow if tariff barriers to dairy, poultry, and eggs were reduced or eliminated, as well as the relatively recent…
Wheat Geneticist Presented with Innovator of the Year Award
…Ralph J. Hexter. Dubcovsky is a professor of plant sciences and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher. His most recent breakthrough has greatly accelerated the study of gene function in…
Vilsack Joins Feeding America Board
…the country and provides food to more than 46 million people through 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. Vilsack became president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council in…