…Economic Research Service (a division of the USDA), dropped this past year by a whopping 28 percent, from $128.6 billion to $93 billion. This figure, which we’ll explain in a…
USDA Announces Key Measures to Improve Pollinator Health
…on national forests and grasslands. Over the past six years, the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has invested more than $82 million in cutting-edge pollinator research and over the past decade…
Almond Board: Pollinator Week
…more than 100 projects and leveraged additional research dollars from other groups, government agencies, and universities. Beyond almond growers and research investments, ABC has taken a leadership position by engaging…
Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert
…drought An experimental vineyard in the Negev Desert We visited the Ben Gurion University Desert Research Institute. Ben Gurion was Israel’s first prime minister. He believed in the potential of…
Agri View: GMO Law
…The FDA and USDA must report on implementation of this process. A GMO plant may be sold for research, to produce a processing aid or enzyme, or as a nutrient…
FAA Rules Clear Runway for Small Drones
…growth, advance critical scientific research and save lives. “We are part of a new era in aviation, and the potential for unmanned aircraft will make it safer and easier to…
Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update
…and seawater into drinking water. The Volcani Institute, the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture, has 200 scientists, 800 support staff and 300 students working on a broad agenda…
Climate Smart Israel
…rye grass and sunflowers. Additionally, we visited the Volcani Center, a research arm of the Israel Ministry of Agriculture. CDFA Science Adviser Amrith Gunasekara is also part of our delegation…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
…or other matter into the ocean is governed internationally by the 1972 London Convention and 1996 London Protocol. The United States regulates such disposal through the Marine, Protection, Research, and…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a memorandum of understanding to develop joint projects and conduct mutually beneficial research. Israel innovates with technology, efficient irrigation, recycled water, and plant breeding for drought…
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…million, with smaller grants to these California nonprofits: Youth Policy Institute, Los Angeles, $499,923 Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative, Oakland, $155,200 San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, San Francisco, $308,131….
Almond Growers Now Have Irrigation Calculator
…provided through hover text and pop-ups, saving growers the effort of researching this information on their own. The Irrigation Calculator accesses local weather data from CIMIS. Growers select the CIMIS…
Food Safe Technology
…Land of Ours. Food Safe Technology From: USDA Agriculture Research Service Research Project: Intervention Technologies for Minimally Processed Foods Objective: 1. Develop new effective chemical and physical decontamination interventions for…
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC), having completed quality control, is now making this breakthrough resource available for researchers via the IWGSC wheat sequence repository at URGI-INRA-Versailles, France . Wheat breeders and…