…(-0.9 percent), corn (-0.1 percent), soybeans and peanuts (-1.0 percent), and other field crops (2.8 percent) are expected to perform moderately well, while NCFI for specialty crop farm businesses (fruits,…
Japan to Resume Importing U.S. Wheat
Earlier this month, Japan halted imports of western white and feed wheat from the pacific coast ports after unapproved genetically modified crops were found in an unplanted field in Washington…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on Farm Income Forecasts
…USDA will continue to ensure American farming families have open markets and a level playing field by working to remove unfair barriers to trade and negotiating trade agreements, such as…
Pesticide Initiative Launches Safety Pilot Project
…additional safety protections for farmworkers. The initiative launches a pilot program with leading growers to enhance worker notification through warning signs when pesticides are used in the fields. Additionally, up…
Agri View: Feral Hog Image
…APHIS, Wildlife Services (WS) wildlife biologists and field specialists reduce feral swine damage by providing technical assistance to landowners and land-managers or conducting direct operational management activities to eliminate or…
Breaking Down Belt Pesticide Ban
…using the real-life information not only from our studies in the field but from our laboratories,” Hall said. “The EPA chose to use their model and even kind of at…
Canada Testing PEDv Vaccine
…Disease Organization. The University’s prototype vaccine, first announced last year, recently moved into field testing. The PED virus is in the coronavirus group, which includes human diseases such as SARS…
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
…in the field and treating fruit prior to harvest are all mitigation measures required in compliance agreements to move citrus fruit out of quarantine areas. But speakers said different levels…
Western View: Just What is Ag Big Data
…your harvest. This includes: Agronomic Data. This is information about activities and conditions in the field such as soil analysis, nutrient information, types of plants, and yield. Machine Data. This…
Pesticide Resistant Whitefly Poses Threat to U.S. Crops
Fruit and Vegetable growers are raising concerns over an invasive whitefly that is resistant to pesticides and carries crop-devastating viruses. The Q-biotype whitefly was found outdoors within the U.S. for…
2017 Forecasted to Bring some Relief from Record Heat
…set records for the smallest monthly Arctic sea ice extent since consistent satellite records began in 1979. NASA researchers are in the field this summer, collecting data to better understand…
Louisiana Flooding Destroys $14 Million of Rice
…still in the field, 20 percent of that would likely be lost due to the flooding. None of the rice mills in the state have reported flood-related disruption. From the…
Cancelling Atrazine Would Cost Farmers $2.5 Billion
…Corn Growers Association Board of Directors member Jim Zimmerman told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today at a field hearing on the impact of federal regulation on…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…fast approaching crisis proportions, all but guaranteeing that crops will rot in the field on many farms this year, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said. Communications with state…