…the complete picture including air quality impacts.” UC Irvine received $701,304 to study the effects of ammonia and rising global temperatures on secondary organic aerosol formation. “This grant offers an…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…agriculture production suited for this land – and indeed needed to maintain this land – is livestock grazing. If beef imports from the Mexican rainforest are permitted, they will drive…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
…leaf sampling timing, and takes into account a range of factors that can affect nitrogen demand. Growers enter information on orchard configuration and production, along with n. credits from nitrate…
Organic Food – Supplies Not Meeting the Growing Demand
We can buy organic food in many more stores today, but supplies are not keeping up with the demand. Gary Crawford has this report. Supplies Not Meeting the Growing Demand…
Organic Dairies Straining to Meet Consumer Demand
Consumer demand for organic dairy products is outstripping the ability of organic dairy companies to provide them. Gary Crawford has more. Dairies Straining to Meet Consumer Demand…
National Beer Day
…When tin could no longer be imported from England, American pewter production stopped. It then became fashionable to melt down and recast old pewter mugs from England. While beer has…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…U.S. agricultural sector production is expected to fall 2.1 percent to $417.3 billion in 2016, due to declines in the value of both crop and livestock production (see table on…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
Farmers know the value of organic matter, especially those working in the sand and clay soils of the central valley. The Western View: Carbon Farming Carbon-base fertilizers enrich the earth…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…were made through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational program, administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). “Animal production and health play critical roles in…
Aquaculture Research
…rural and coastal America. Aquaculture contributes more than half of the seafood consumed globally, and this contribution is expected to grow. Although U.S. aquaculture production has shown growth in the…
Keyhole Garden
…a person’s well-being. And, this isn’t in just one way. Sure, we know that they can provide fresh, organic food full of vital Wine bottle keyhole garden nutrients and minerals….
Johnsongrass Problem Seen by Many
…often be required for control of the grass. Geese are also effective at controlling the grass in organic orchards. In new plantings, trifluralin (Treflan) or norflurazon (Solicam) will control seedling…
The Science of Soil Health
…volume is void space, or pore space, and 5. Soils can and do change with management. Soil is a living and life-giving natural resource. As world population and food production…
Funding for Veterinary Loan Repayment
…obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about…