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Almond growers already have one of the highest rates of nitrogen use efficiency among California specialty crop producers. They have been clamoring for predictive tools that would allow them to sample leaf nitrogen levels early in the season and make adjustments....More

How vital are honeybees to U.S. agriculture? Every year, some $20 billion to $30 billion of U.S. production is dependent on pollination. Seventy percent of the crops Americans rely on for food are pollinated mainly by honeybees....More

The fatality rate of children involved in grain engulfment is staggering, 70 percent. OSHA regulations don't apply to the majority of grain bin accidents....More

A new report concludes that when determining the potential effects pesticides could pose to endangered or threatened species, a common scientific approach should be used....More

In California the odds are in our favor that we will never have to experience a fertilizer accident on the scale of the one in Texas....More

The EPA says there are multiple factors playing a role in honey bee colony declines, including parasites and disease, genetics, poor nutrition and pesticide exposure....More

EU Member States for the second time failed to agree on the European Commission's proposal for a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides....More

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the EPA violated the Endangered Species Act....More

Some bee experts attribute higher losses of honey bees to an increased presence of Varroa mites....More

University of Arizona research has shown that a foliar insecticide treatment should be applied when a threshold of two adult whiteflies per leaf is exceeded to prevent melon yield and quality losses....More