…who grows corn, sugar beets and kidney beans, as well as a few other field crops. Read more about Hultgren Farms to see what life as a Minnesota farmer is…
NMPF Board Adopts Resolution
…“There is no difference in milk or meat from cows that have consumed biotech crops, and that’s why any federal labeling disclosure needs to ensure the common-sense treatment of animal…
Bats and Agriculture
…crops in various parts of the world and is also sold commercially. However, mining of bat guano may also be harmful to cave organisms that depend on it as a…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “Research into growing more resilient, stress tolerant crops that use water and nutrients more efficiently will offer farmers new tools to produce crops sustainably, and will…
Agri View: Jackfruit
…its size, and resistance to pests and drought. And its nutritional credentials are also impressive: researchers have suggested it could replace wheat, corn and other staple crops that may come…
Global Grain Glut to Continue with Second-Biggest Crop on Record
…be nine million metric tons more than forecasted in April as wheat crops improve in the European Union, the United States and Russia. Bloomberg reports the International Grains Council expects…
Drought Causing More Losses to California Farmers
…to 350,000 acres this year. The report says crops that yield the highest returns on investment, like permanent plantings of tree crops and vines, should be impacted the least. At…
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…
Many Still Pondering Low Water Allocations
…bit of a tragedy.” Doll says it’s hard to watch growers either forced to change to higher-valued crops or close up shop all together. “I see the impact when I…
Agri View: Growing for Future Population
…carbon dioxide from the cutting of rain forests to grow crops or raise livestock. Farming is the thirstiest user of our precious water supplies and a major polluter, as runoff…
USDA Unveils New Improvement to Streamline Crop Reporting
…exploring adding more crops. Producers must still visit both locations to validate and sign acreage reports, complete maps or provide program-specific information. The common data from the first-filed acreage report…
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…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…from TPP, report says). Farmer Daniel Bays of Westley, who grows almonds, apricots and other crops, said the TPP agreement “would greatly benefit” California growers of nuts and other specialty…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
…encourage adoption of conservation agriculture in crops where viability of the system is well established, and facilitate the research and innovation needed to optimize conservation agriculture production in additional crops.”…