…the agricultural community.” The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative is America’s flagship competitive grants program for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences….
NCGA Launches Open Innovation Challenge to Find the Next Big Thing for Corn
…technologies that will help drive innovation,” said Larry Hoffmann, a farmer from Wheatland, North Dakota and chairman of NCGA’s Corn Productivity and Quality Action Team. “In addition to researchers who…
Canada, U.S., Ag Leaders Talk Trade
…place during the meeting, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the pair did lay out concerns on agricultural trade issues, including dairy. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the…
Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary Perdue Unveil Beehive at Vice President’s Residence
…includes significant USDA research. “Most farmers and consumers have no better friends and few harder workers than the honey bee, as more than one-third of all U.S. crop production requires…
USDA Announces $6 Million for Sustainable Energy Research
…national laboratories, federal research agencies, state research agencies, private sector entities, nonprofit organizations, or consortia of two or more of the entities described above. The application process will include two…
Dairy Exports Higher for 11 Straight Months
U.S. dairy production keeps going higher and processing facilities are running at or even over capacity, so the need for growing exports has never been greater. Farm Journal’s milk business…
Agri View: Food Challenge to Feed the World
…one-half billion people. Of that vast number, one and a half million will not get the proper foods to sustain them. That means foods like meats and dairy products. It…
Eating Your Greens—Microgreens, That is!
…the micro greens led to the health benefits observed in the mice, according to Wang. You can read more about this research in the June 2017 issue of AgResearch magazine….
Panetta Establishes Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) have joined together to establish the bipartisan Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus. The Caucus is dedicated to topics related to agriculture research,…
Statement of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on President Trump’s Paris Accord Announcement
…deeper into research to develop better methods of agricultural production in that changing climate. Floods, droughts, and natural disasters are a fact of life for farmers, ranchers, and foresters. They…
Raise Your Glass to National Dairy Month!
June is recognized as National Dairy Month. Initially created as National Milk Month in 1937 to promote the consumption of dairy products, National Dairy Month has evolved into an annual…
Almond Matters: Helping Root Systems
…to their tree’s roots. “Valent purchased a company called Mycorrhizal Applications out of Grants Pass, Oregon,” Field Market Research Development Representative Tino Lopez said. “The product is called MycoApply. It…
Boosting Natural Defenses with a Drone
…the technology and aims to get some research to support what he is seeing. Parabug is testing the technology on strawberries but they hope to expand the target crops to…
FARM Animal Care Program Seeks Producer Feedback
The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program, in collaboration with Colorado State University, is conducting a dairy farmer survey to learn more about perceptions of the FARM Program…