…date, the project has trained native scholars in the field and classroom, and has reached more than 40 native middle and high school students through outreach events. Another project through…
Seneca Valley Virus Disease Reports Increasing
…disease strikes their operation. Veterinarian Corinne Bromfield (BROM-field) says the Swine Health Information Center reported that diagnostics labs had seen more than 60 cases of the virus from January to…
House Agriculture Committee Holding Farm Bill Hearing Wednesday
…Act and the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act. The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a farm bill field hearing next week in Manhattan, Kansas. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
“We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
…universities to major in an agricultural field. This year’s winners, Grace Guthrie and Derrick Nunes, will each receive $2,500 scholarships to be renewed up to four years, totaling $10,000 per…
White Rot Highlights Garlic and Onion Meeting
…a field, growers have to move to new ground. A majority of the research funding GORAB allocates goes to trials looking at finding a way to control the disease. Oregon…
Midweek Valentine’s a Boon for Growers
…where credit’s due,” Cronquist said. The commission, along with the Certified American-Grown program, also hosts its own variation on farm-to-fork events called Field to Vase. “We’re hosting these dinners in…
Almond Board: Pollination
As almond growers are getting ready for pollination, Director of Agricultural Affairs for the Almond Board of California, Bob Curtis, says at the field level, best management practices are critical….
Almond Matters: Bloom Imminent, Disease Concerns Rise
…bloom toward the end of the week of February 13,” Valent Manager of Field Development Pat Clay said. Almond bloom is on schedule for mid-to-late February but the continued rains…
House Ag Committee Plans Farm Bill Stage Setting Hearing
…for the farm bill later this year, if the legislative schedule allows. The hearing comes just a week before the first field hearing held by the Senate Agriculture Committee, which…
Postharvest Practices Influence Cherry Splitting
…the field to reduce rain cracking, and sucrose. Donis-Gonzalez said he wanted to see if calcium chloride was beneficial by itself or if it just changed the properties in the…
Agri View: Help for Bees
…hummingbirds. Even bats and other insects. What is needed is more blooming shrubbery. Not field plants. But it isn’t likely to happen. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner….
State Agriculture Leaders Call Food Safety a Farm Bill Priority
…farm bill later this year. The first in-field farm bill hearing is scheduled for later this month. Although, some lobbyists are expecting the farm bill to be delayed in a…
ARS Genetics Researcher Named Fairchild Medal Recipient
…Central and South America. His field research is focused on bulb and tuber-born plants and searching for new plant germplasm. His books on palms and horticulture are mainstays of the…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…by field workers or mounted on mobile robots. The devices signal the emitters to adjust the amount of water each vine receives. With the handheld devices, Vougioukas said, the researchers…