USDA reviewing organic standards list
WASHINGTON -- The USDA is accepting comments on the scheduled expiration of 12 substances allowed or prohibited for use in organic agriculture.
Michigan State researcher studying trunk injection for fruit-tree pesticides
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- When asked about his research, John Wise can't help but perk up. Wise is an entomologist at Michigan State University, where he coordinates the Applied Insecticide Toxicology Laboratory and is also the research and extension coordinator for the Trevor Nichols Research Center.
U.S. corn production nearly doubles using fewer nutrients
WASHINGTON — The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) says that between 1980 and 2010, U.S. farmers nearly doubled corn production using slightly fewer fertilizer nutrients than were used in 1980.
New York college, developer banking on sustainable agriculture
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Upstate New York seems like an unlikely place to grow tropical fish. But at one central New York college, students and staff are growing the sought-after tilapia, even in the dead of winter.
Michigan State developing barcode that shares animal ID info
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Unless you purchased your steak from the farmer down the road, it can be hard to tell exactly where it came from, even if the sticker on the package says local.
Study shows corn gene provides resistance to multiple diseases
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a specific gene in corn that appears to be associated with resistance to three important plant leaf diseases.
AgroAtlas shows world agriculture at a glance
AgroAtlas, an interactive Russian/English website, shows the geographic distributions of 100 crops; 640 species of crop diseases, pests, and weeds; and 560 wild crop relatives growing in Russia and neighboring countries.
Research brings precision agriculture into the milking parlor
A research and extension team led by dairy systems management extension specialist Jeffrey Bewley, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Department of Animal and Food Sciences, is embarking on a two-year study to advance precision dairy farming at the UK Coldstream Dairy Research Farm.
DeLaval installs automated rotary milking parlor on Swedish farm
TUMBA, Sweden -- Rotary parlors aren't new, but a fully automatic milking rotary system is. DeLaval introduced the DeLaval AMR in Hannover, Germany, last November, and is spotlighting its first on-farm installation in southern Sweden, in place since last April.
Ohio FSA extends prevented planting reporting deadlines
COLUMBUS -- Due to Ohio's weather creating delays in planting, the Ohio Farm Service Agency is extending the date to report prevented planting to...
