Agriculture

A new study that can help growers and other readers estimate costs and potential returns for blackberries grown on California’s Central Coast was recently released by UC Agriculture and Natural...

The National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Program announced that it opened the nomination period for the 2024 FARM Excellence Awards. These awards spotlight participating farms and FARM Evaluators that...

The University of Florida IFAS (UF/IFAS) Extension and FreshLearn have released a major update to the popular and free BackPocketGrower.org website. Designers Paul Fisher and Maria Kinslow (UF/IFAS) and Bruce...

According to the Risk Management Agency (“RMA”), in 2023, 539 million acres and 42 million head of cattle and swine were insured through the Federal Crop Insurance Program (“FCIP”). Crop...

Last month, the EPA passed its first-ever legally enforceable drinking water standards on a handful of PFAS—a group of chemicals used to make non-stick coatings and products that resist heat,...

Glyphosate is facing significant challenges throughout the global market. Concerns about its efficacy, regulatory acceptance, and oversupply continue to mount, writes Michele Katsaris at AgriBusiness Global. The glyphosate market finds...

By Jaclyn De Candio for Protect The Harvest Alternative, “cell-based,” meats concocted and grown in laboratories have ignited a political firestorm involving multimillion-dollar startups, global elite climate change crusaders, NGOs,...

Courtesy of the Western Agricultural Processors Association  In 2004, the Ag One Foundation formed a Stanislaus County Alumni and Friends committee to deepen the outreach between the Jordan College of...

A third farm worker tested positive for H5N1 in the recent U.S. string of cases; the second instance to be detected in Michigan this month. As with the original case...

USDA Also Announces Additional Investments in Research and Consumer Education WASHINGTON, May 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the signing of a formal agreement with...