…conventional milk production in the United States. The survey is a joint effort of NASS and USDA’s Economic Research Service. USDA claims the information the agencies obtain through the survey…
The Western View: Cattle Pollution Numbers
…finally did the research to blow that number out of the water. They demonized an entire industry and made monkeys out of a lot of well-intentioned people who are still…
California Farmers Count Every Drop
California Farmers Count Every Drop with Efficient Irrigation Technologies by Andrew McElrone, CA Sub Hub Acting Director / Research Plant Physiologist, Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research…
Dragon Fruit Might Be Next Niche Crop
Courtesy: UCANR Researchers are looking for new crops like dragon fruit for different areas of the state and that’s especially important in a region where their major crops are facing…
Food Waste Research
Cathy Isom tells us how USDA researchers are studying ways to reduce and possibly recycle food waste. That’s coming up on “This Land of Ours.” Food Waste Research From: USDA…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
…beginning to change. UC Cooperative Extension and Fresno State agricultural production scientists researched overhead irrigation at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center for five years, growing wheat, corn,…
Agri View: Different Crops
Everett Griner talks about America’s favorite crops and foods in today’s Agri View. Different Crops From: USDA Economic Research Service Crops Corn Corn is the most widely produced feed grain…
Almond Board: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Partnership
…with conducting unclassified research across a wide range of scientific disciplines, with $105,840 to study what’s happening underground at almond orchard groundwater recharge test sites. The research will be led…
White House Threatens to Veto Energy and Water Bill
…rejected what it called “highly problematic ideological provisions.” In particular, the administration wants more funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, as well as energy efficiency and renewable energy programs….
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…of advanced plant materials for biofuels. Over the course of this Administration, USDA has invested $332 million to accelerate research on renewable energy ranging from genomic research on bioenergy feedstock…
Microscopes Focus on Shot Hole Borer
An equipment upgrade at a southern California cooperative Extension office will lead to research looking at how and why shot hole borers move through a tree. Microscopes Focus on Shot…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…environmental or economic effects as a characteristic for herbicide resistance. The committee examined almost 900 research and other publications on the development, use, and effects of genetically engineered characteristics in…
Almond Board: Introducing Almond Alliance of California
…must leave off — advocating at any level of government — thus utilizing the investment growers have already made in research through the Almond Board to the fullest extent possible.”…
Butterfly and Pollinator Garden
…it’s a great sign! Before gardening Gather your supplies and research what varieties of milkweed and wildflowers are native to your area. You can also look up pollinator-friendly plant lists…