…recognized brands and DuPont’s proprietary PrecisionPac® technology. These products bring significant diversification to FMC’s crop exposure in herbicides, as well as increasing the balance of pre-emergent and post-emergent applications in…
The California Kitchen: Smoked Salmon
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing smoked salmon with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 4 Salmon Steaks 4 T Cajun Season…
USDA Funding to Provide Fellowships for Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates
…State University project provides summer exposure of the agricultural sciences to undergraduate students from non-research oriented campuses. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative…
Pesticide Rule Revisions Help, Still Unneeded
…goes through an exposure assessment/risk assessment and is either not registered if it’s going to cause a problem, or has conditions placed on it to prevent that from happening,” Isom…
Proposed Pesticide Rules Near Schools Revised
…state. The proposed regulation would provide an extra measure of protection to public K-12 school sites and licensed child day care facilities from the risk of short-term pesticide exposure, and…
Agri View: Popular Breakfast Food
…that the most popular breakfast food in the world is bacon. Sliced bacon. No, smoked sliced bacon. Not many people know that without the flavor produced by smoke, bacon would…
Insider Shares Political Realities at Record-Breaking Cattle Industry Convention
…Her exposure to the Washington scene brought an insider’s knowledge as keynote speaker at the general session, which was sponsored by Laird Manufacturing. Having grown up in Colorado and Wyoming,…
6 Things to Know About EPA Review of Pyrethroids
…a cumulative risk assessment considering all of the pyrethroids together, combining exposure from food and water, and from uses in and around homes and on pets. Overall, pyrethroids are much…
Dicamba Herbicide Lawsuit Cites Endangered Species Concerns
…in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A Bloomberg report says the groups cite health concerns due to increasing pesticide exposure and the eventual evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds as…
Common Crop Chemical Leaves Bees Susceptible to Deadly Viruses
…their hives following almond pollination, and exposure to agrochemicals, like adjuvants, applied during bloom, has been suggested as a cause.” Healthy larva on the day of grafting. Credit: Tonilynn Baranowski…
‘Valley’s Gold’ Gets National Exposure
The Fresno County Farm Bureau (FCFB) got a chance to show people around the nation what its award winning “Valley’s Gold” television show is all about. AgNet West caught up…
License Plate Program Awards Ag Education
…provides funding for activities that enrich the lives of students through exposure to farming and ranching across the state.” Funded projects include school farm tours with the Dairy Council of…
China Banning Poultry Imports Due To HPAI
…seven humans in mainland China have been confirmed as infected in recent weeks, with two of them dying after H7N9 exposure. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
EPA Takes Action to Prevent Poisonings from Herbicide
…or eye exposure. Since 2000, there have been 17 deaths – three involving children – caused by accidental ingestion of paraquat. These cases have resulted from the pesticide being illegally…