…the Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Order, which created the program under the authority of the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 (pdf). Organizational Structure The 13-member Board…
UC Releases New Cost Study for Growing Almonds
…Agriculture and Natural Resources researchers and educators draw on local expertise to conduct agricultural, environmental, economic, youth development and nutrition research that helps California thrive. Learn more at ucanr.edu. …
New Rangeland Fire Science Plan
…plans are also based upon well-vetted research,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “Balancing conservation with agricultural demands is no easy task. The decisions Western farmers and ranchers and other private…
Changing Organization and Well-Being of Midsize Farms
by Christopher Burns and Ryan Kuhns, USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? Midsize farms. Defined as those with gross cash farm income (GCFI) between $350,000 and $1 million—represent…
Teal Pumpkins
…by Food Allergy Research and Education or FARE. Food allergies in the U-S affect every one in 13 kids. For anyone wanting to offer up Candy alternatives, FARE suggests items…
Future of Our Agricultural Community
…meetings, and seeing facilities such as Sacramento Rendering Company and a Foster Farms feed mill. Another notable tour arranged by the Division’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) (https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep/) included…
Herbal Answer to a Longer Life?
Today Cathy Isom answers a question many of us, and researchers, have had. Could there be an herbal secret to a longer life? That’s coming up on This Land of…
Crop Insurance Options for Upland Cotton Farmers
by Ashley Hungerford and Erik O’Donoghue, USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? The 2014 Farm Act changed the structure of several commodity support programs for agriculture. Before, cotton…
Bonsai Museum Celebrates 40th Anniversary
By Sharon Durham, USDA Agriculture Research Service The United States National Arboretum-National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, located in Washington, D.C.. Operated by the United States Department of Agricultures – Agricultural…
Almond Board: Importance of Spatial Mapping
…viable and quantifiable. One such analysis has determined where the more permeable soils exist within our agricultural footprint to understand where groundwater recharge research and potential application are best suited….
Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Glyphosate Documents
…The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens amid a recent classification regarding glyphosate. A letter and email obtained by Reuters shows…
Soil Health Key Topic of Climate-Smart Ag Meeting
…Louis, called “C-Quest: Charting a Course for Climate Research in Agriculture,” and featured the Soil Health Partnership as a leader in helping farmers adopt progressive practices. The ILSI Research Foundation,…
River Infrastructure Major Concern for Corn Farmers
New research by the Mid-America Freight Coalition quantifies what many in agriculture have known for years; failure of our aging river locks and dams along the Mississippi River and its…
Wasp and Scale Insects Help Control Giant Reed
…grow and start shading giant reed, according to Goolsby. Read more about this research in the October 2016 issue of AgResearch online. ARS is USDA’s chief in-house scientific research agency….