…too late. And there are other crops that are just like strawberries. So, build a machine. A machine can be put to work anytime and save a crop. By the…
Fighting a Citrus Killer
…Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to combat Huanglongbing. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill….
CA Farmers Monitor Storms’ Impact on Crops, Water
…farmers are watching river levels carefully and preparing to move their animals if needed. • Field crops—Fall-planted grain crops that have germinated could take on too much water, which could…
Help the Bees
…pollinators that we depend on that are in trouble. Populations of monarch butterflies have declined by an astonishing 96-percent over the past few decades. Monarch butterflies help pollinate crops and…
Rural Mainstreet Index Improving
…in Pierre, South Dakota, “What we see in the agriculture industry is that farmers hurt the worst are those who farm small grain crops exclusively.” Douglas indicated operators that diversify…
USDA Seeks Nominees for the National Watermelon Promotion Board
…Tarun Harit, AMS Specialty Crops Program marketing specialist at 202-720-9915 or email Tarun.Harit@ams.usda.gov. USDA encourages board membership that reflects the diversity of the individuals served by the programs and invites…
Iowa Bees
…help produce 19 billion dollars worth of agricultural crops in the U-S. Wanting to do something about it, Cedar Rapids Park Superintendent, Daniel Gibbins, proposed an initiative that will increase…
Farmers File Class Action Suit over Dicamba Drift
…Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Illegal, off-label, over the top use of a Monsanto dicamba product led to drift damage to crops that…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…happy, and we’re going to see almond bloom here much sooner rather than later. Hopefully, pollination won’t be impacted, but that is definitely an area that we’re watching.” Crops that…
Ag Groups Respond to Pruitt Confirmation
…soon that farmers can spend more time producing crops and less time worrying about how to comply with onerous, overly burdensome regulations and doing paperwork. The cotton industry looks forward…
Almond Board: Commitment to Research
…University of California, Davis, Shrini Upadhyaya: A Leaf Monitoring System for Continuous Measurement of Plant Water Status to Assist with Irrigation Management of Specialty Crops · Washington State University, Walter…
Seeds to Sow After the Frost and Snow
…on your area’s climate. One way to do so is by visiting the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Many of the most popular crops, such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumber and…
Rising Demand for Organic and Non-GMO Grains Outpaces U.S. Production
Rising demand for organic and non-GMO foods led to a sharp rise in organic grain imports last year. A new report by CoBank says U.S. production of non-GMO crops has…
Cotton Acres Forecasted to Increase 10 Percent
…competing crops and improved expectations for water.” Meanwhile, world cotton mill use is expected to exceed world production in 2017, and global cotton stocks are projected to decline by 7.7…