The Iowa Department of Agriculture is prepping for a potential avian influenza outbreak by recommending producers continue and improve biosecurity efforts. High pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed recently in Tennessee,…
Ozone Pollution Damages China Rice Production
…forms. High levels of surface ozone are damaging rice yields at an alarming rate in China, the world’s largest agricultural producer and one of its most polluted nations, report researchers…
Low Pathogenic Bird Flu Confirmed in Tennessee
Tennessee officials confirmed a less dangerous strain of bird flu was found in Giles County, Tennessee, which borders Lincoln County Tennessee, the site of high pathogenic avian influenza found more…
USDA Seeks Project Proposals to Protect and Restore Critical Wetlands
…encouraging partners to propose projects that focus on improving water quality as well as habitat on working landscapes in high-priority areas, ranging from the sagebrush of the West to the…
U.S. Red Meat Exports Strong in January
…by USMEF. Beef exports totaled 96,488 metric tons (mt), up 17 percent from a year ago, valued at $515.5 million – up 18 percent and the highest ever for the…
Tennessee HPAI Not Linked to China HPAI
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the strain of high pathogenic avian influenza found in Tennessee last week is not connected to any strains of bird flu in China. USDA…
Farmers Volunteer to Monitor Levees
…got to do it. It’s a babysitting job.” When river levels are high, he said it doesn’t take much to round up enough volunteers—most of them farmers—to patrol the levees….
Protect Your Poultry from Avian Influenza
…The case in Lincoln County, Tenn., is the first report of highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza in commercial poultry in the United States this year. The flock of 73,500 affected…
Ag Economy Barometer Retracts from January High
…month earlier, 19 points below the record high recorded in January. Despite the drop, the February reading is the second-highest for the index. A reading greater than 100 indicates positive…
Farmers Union Hosting 115th Convention
The National Farmers Union (NFU) 115th convention is underway in San Diego, California. More than 450 NFU members are at the event this week. Attendees will hear from two high-level…
El Nino May Yet Show Up in 2017
…of a return of El Nino for a couple of months. El Nino is associated with warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The phenomenon is…
Snowpack Water Content Remains Far above Average
…(201 percent of average) respectively. State Climatologist Michael Anderson said the winter season has been “historic,” especially in the central and southern Sierra where elevations are higher and where snowfall…
Reflections of a Farm Broadcaster
…many similarities among the ag issues in these diversified and high-value crop states, including labor, environment, trade and political misunderstanding, just to name a few. So we connected with a…
Vertical Garden Ideas
…plastic bottles, repurposed pallets, or even a collection of classic plant pots. Another up and coming vertical garden method is high tech hydroponic vertical gardens. This is being used quite…