…just a generation ago. “We have tremendous potential through new technologies: unmanned aircraft, data mining, biotechnology, robotics and who knows what else is coming,” Stallman said. “These advances stand to…
Agriculture Graduate Shortage
…15%, while 12% of the openings will be in education, communication, and governmental services. The projections in this report are based on data from several sources. The Bureau of Labor…
Agri View: Feral Hog Drop-Net Tactics
…traps, respectively. Preliminary data indicate drop-nets are an effective tool for capturing feral hogs. Advantages of using drop-nets include reduced trap shyness and the ability to capture large numbers, sometimes…
Snowpack’s Water Content Far Greater than One Year Ago
…snowpack readings are available on the Internet at: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/snowapp/sweq.action For earlier readings, click the calendar icon below the map, select a date, then Refresh Data. Water Year 2016 precipitation can…
Agri View: Smart Phones
…Agroforestry Center are among the participants. “The LandPKS is a global network of open-source databases and computer simulation models that anyone with a mobile phone and a wireless or cellular…
The Western View: Big Data
…grower can terminate at any time. Also the data should be protected. Could the data be useful to someone else? For example, does the data deal with the usability of…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…to new tools and technologies. New data demonstrate that, through Feed the Future and other U.S. Government efforts, childhood stunting rates have declined in Ethiopia, Ghana, and parts of Kenya…
California Leads Nation in Horticultural Sales
…opportunity to serve as the foremost source of data on production,” said Director of the USDA NASS Pacific Region Chris Messer. “Growers, buyers, suppliers and others rely on this information…
Commodity Classic, Successful Farming Team Up to Offer New AG CONNECT Main Stage at 2016 Event
…keynoters such as Jolene Brown and Brian David Johnson. Agricultural showcases will run throughout the three-day trade show, and topics will include farm innovation, new technology, big data and…
Avocado: Healthy Fats
…importers in the United States. HassAvocadoBoard.com is the essential online resource for the Hass Avocado industry providing timely relevant data and research for the domestic producers and importers it represents….
Visalia Teacher Honored by Ag in the Classroom
…fresh produce and the #ProduceChallenge calendar. Since August 2015, Julie Cates’ sixth grade class has been sampling different produce items on Fridays, collecting data surrounding the sampling experience, and sharing…
The Western View: Pecan Federal Marketing Order
…important is a commitment to research, including product development. They also intend to gather and publish accurate industry data, establish grade, quality and size standards. and develop packaging and container…
Collaboration Key to Antibiotic Stewardship
…recordkeeping and data management. “Emphasis on treatment records will be relied upon like they never have been before,” Apley said. “Increased federal regulations and requirements on veterinary feed directives and…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…rice stocks in all positions totaled 3.00 million cwt., up 5 percent from the August 1, 2015 level and up 170 percent from a year ago. The data for second…