…foundation of knowledge in fundamental and applied food and agricultural sciences critical for solving current and future societal challenges. These priority areas include plant health and production and plant products;animal…
NFU Praises Omnibus Parts, Concerned About Others
…for real property, and the deduction of food inventory are now permanent. Unfortunately, credits such as the biofuel producer credit, the production tax credit, and other renewable fuel incentives were…
The Western View: Red Combines
…International Harvester and Case IH from 1915 to 2015. That’s 100 years of changes to a machine that revolutionized agriculture and brought mass production to grain farming. The combine was…
California Leads Nation in Horticultural Sales
…the program’s inception in 1889. “Because horticulture production is becoming more diverse in the United States, NASS worked with key stakeholders to ensure the 2014 Census of Horticultural Specialties would…
Agri View: GMO Where?
…mitochondrial DNA) was born on July 21, 1997.[3] Uses: GMOs are used in biological and medical research, production of pharmaceutical drugs,[17] experimental medicine (e.g. gene therapy), and agriculture (e.g. golden…
USDA Finalizes Rule to Enhance Consumer Protection
…the following records: the establishment numbers of establishments supplying material used to prepare each lot of raw ground beef product; all supplier lot numbers and production dates; the names of…
American Pistachio Growers Visit China
…commodities grown in California, pistachios ranked in the top ten, valued at $1.6 billion in 2014. In crop year 2013/14, 65% of total production was exported, and greater China accounted…
Walnuts and Calories
…these first entries were small with hard shells. The trees flourished in the Mediterranean-like climate zones of California, and by the 1870s modern walnut production had begun with orchard plantings…
Cottonseed Discussed on Capitol Hill
…be significant economic consequences. We cannot allow the predatory trading practices of a few huge players in the world cotton market to destroy cotton production in this country, but that…
World Corn Production Down – Corn For Ethanol Use Estimates Up
The latest USDA Corn Outlook shows a month to month decline in global production and changes to the US balance sheet. World Corn Production Down – Corn For Ethanol Use…
UC Davis Cracks the Walnut Genome
…walnut tonnage production is from UC Davis varieties. The California Walnut Board has established an endowment, now valued at $2.9 million, to assure continuity of the UC Davis Walnut Breeding…
New Software Measures Agriculture’s Carbon Footprint
…tools. “The practices have long been recognized as good for soil, water and habitat,” says Chambers, “now they are getting credit for keeping carbon (a.k.a. soil organic matter) underground too.”…
Almond Board: State of the Almond Industry
…industry experts about the most recent research on production, the environment, food safety and nutrition; connect and network with influential members of the almond community; and equip their operations from…
U.S. Cotton Sector Facing Difficult Economic Conditions
…declines in market revenue coupled with elevated production costs are causing serious concerns among the lending community. “The margins in agricultural production have been getting tighter every year due to…