…healthy foods to battle illnesses that are affected by nutrition such as diabetes and heart disease. Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina…
Grape Growers Facing Odd Year for Disease Pressures
Disease pressures in vineyards are likely to be higher this year due to environmental conditions. BASF Technical Service Representative for the Southern San Joaquin Valley, Kevin Caffrey explained there is…
Shift in Leaffooted Bug Species Impacting California Almonds
…causing disease and rot. Cooperative Extension Specialist based out of the Kearney Agricultural Research and Education Center, Kent Daane said the particular species creating problems in orchards has shifted over…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 03-28-23
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers what growers might expect with disease pressure with an abnormally rainy season, constant…
Almond Matters: Waterlogged Orchards Likely to See Heavy Disease Pressures
…altered management practices. Field Market Development Specialist with Valent U.S.A., Todd Burkdoll said that disease pressures will likely be high this year based on damp conditions. Growers will want to…
Agronomic Minute: Staying Vigilant Against Alternaria
…current wave of storms, the disease pressure tends to be much worse.” Wet conditions will provide a welcoming environment for disease, while also creating logistical challenges for growers. Overly saturated…
Breeding Better Potatoes for Better Potato Chips
…Novy says diseases and pests keep evolving, so researchers need to keep breeding new potato varieties to stay ahead of them. And that’s what they do. Every year, scientists in…
Almond Matters: Warmer Storms Heighten Disease Risk
…the potential for disease infection. “With warmer temperatures and moisture, you basically create the environment for disease. For monilinia, for jacket rot, for botrytis depending on the field and what…
Agronomic Minute: Protecting Pistachio Orchards from Disease
Keeping pistachio orchards healthy and safe from disease will be front of mind for growers with bloom around the corner. Technical Services Manager for UPL North America, Cassie Rieser said…
Prevent Cancer Through Healthy Foods
…and Dietetics is helping people build better eating habits with foods shown to prevent cancer. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease….
Video: Bovine Respiratory Disease Prevention and Treatment
At the recent Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, Sabrina Halvorson talked with Elanco’s Ron Tessman, DVM, about bovine respiratory disease prevention and treatment….
Strengthening Dog Import Standards
…spreading dangerous diseases.” Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), one of the bill’s sponsors in the Senate, says, “Mitigating the spread of foreign diseases in dogs helps keep domestic and wild animals…
Agronomic Minute: Taking an Integrated Crop Health Approach
…integrated program,” said Rieser. We’ve actually seen this to be successfully put into practice in a variety of trials, achieving positive results in both disease and pest control as well…
Almond Matters: Preparing for Petal Fall
…the others,” Burkdoll explained. “Peach twig borer is going to be a problem after petal fall is typically when we would target that one as well as disease. If the…