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  • Mar. 22, 2013
    News

    Vineyard drone flies into legal haze

    Under current federal aviation rules, drone use for commercial purposes is prohibited in the United States. By many estimates, there will be thousands of drones in U.S. skies by 2020....More
  • Mar. 21, 2013
    Commentary

    Farmscrapers are vertical farming on steroids 1

    Farmscrapers may be billed as futuristic towers, but that is an understatement — the stunning designs look like an agricultural version of Blade Runner, but the descriptions smell of pie-in-the-sky dreams....More
  • Mar. 19, 2013
    Commentary

    Honey bee robots coming to agriculture? 1

    Could a robot honey bee actually pollinate an orchard or crop field? With a carbon fiber body and titanium wings, researchers say a mechanized honey bee is leading a microbot charge toward real world applications — agriculture included....More
  • Mar. 18, 2013
    News

    California crop advisers to get nitrogen management training

    UC ANR scientists are working with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to develop a curriculum and certification program to protect water quality, as recommended by the State Water Resources Control Board. The classes will begin in January 2014....More
  • Mar. 18, 2013
    News
    Southwest Farm Press

    Fertilizer prices still demand efficiency

    Fertilizer prices have decreased some and stabilized from recent historic peaks, but fertilizer is still expensive. It makes sense for farmers to be as prudent as possible with this essential resource....More
  • Mar. 15, 2013
    News

    Bees thrive in organic crop diversity

    Farm fields with diversified, organic crops may get more pollination activity from wild bees....More
  • Mar. 14, 2013
    News

    Pesticide report shows safety of EU food

    Testing of pesticides in EU food has found that over 97 percent of samples contained residue levels that fall within permissible limits....More
  • Mar. 14, 2013
    News
    Delta Farm Press

    Precision farming leans on farmer experience

    The key to harnessing the power of precision agriculture “is to model the entire environment....More
  • Mar. 14, 2013
    News

    Brood disease key for predicting honey bee deaths

    Idiopathic brood disease syndrome (IBDS) which kills off bee larvae, may be the largest risk factor for predicting the death of a bee colony....More
  • Mar. 13, 2013
    News

    Regulation requires farmers' nitrogen fertilizer details 1

    Regulation on fertilizer use will require solid information on the amount of fertilizer used by California farmers, and the extent to which that usage contributes to environmental pollution....More
  • Mar. 13, 2013
    News

    Reducing manure spill damage

    Scientists have determined how channel sediments capture and release manure phosphorus, and have identified strategies for reducing phosphorus loads from manure spills....More
  • Mar. 11, 2013
    News

    Bee careful with pesticides

    The best way to protect honey bees from poisoning is to reduce or eliminate the amount of pesticides that are returned to the hive in forager bees’ pollen pellets....More
  • Mar. 7, 2013
    News
    Southeast Farm Press

    Corn champion says challenge is change

    Corn producer Randy Dowdy, who had the highest national irrigated class yield of 372 bushels per acre this past year and also posted yields of 374 and 341 bushels per acre....More
  • Mar. 6, 2013
    News

    Potash fertilizer turns to buyer’s market

    The near-term potash market has turned in favor of buyers, giving importers the opportunity to negotiate substantial price discounts for 2013 contracts....More
  • Mar. 6, 2013
    News

    Duplicative pesticide permits in legislative crosshairs

    H.R. 935, The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 31, 2011 as H.R. 872, The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011. Additionally, it advanced out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, but the full Senate failed to consider it during the last Congress....More
  • Mar. 5, 2013
    video

    Case IH combining flexibility with advantages of tracked tractor

    Farmers are seeking bigger and more powerful equipment to meet the demands of larger farming operations. Case IH’s Ron Blessing talked about how the Steiger RowTrac is designed to help meet those needs – without causing compacting or rutting up fields. He was interviewed during the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif....More
  • Mar. 5, 2013
    News
    Delta Farm Press

    Pesticide battle over honey bee health under way

    The battle over honey bee health could have a significant impact on pesticides available to agriculture and how those materials are used, including a potential requirement that pesticides be applied only at night when there is no bee activity....More
  • Feb. 28, 2013
    video

    Drone prospects immense for US farmers

    Rory Paul says drones have tremendous potential for farmers and service providers. But that potential is being constrained by privacy and regulatory issues, including the lack of firm policy from the FAA about their use. Paul talked about the current situation for drones in this interview at the On-Farm Network’s annual conference in Ames, Iowa....More
  • Feb. 27, 2013
    News
    Southeast Farm Press

    Farmers push back against Mother Nature

    A growing number of farmers are pushing back against Mother Nature, thanks to what climate researchers have learned about El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), recurrent and normal temperature variations in a large swath of the eastern Pacific Ocean that influence climate conditions in the U.S. Southeast....More
  • Feb. 26, 2013
    News

    Pesticide report confirms safety of US food

    The newest data from the PDP program confirm that pesticide residues in food do not pose a safety concern for Americans....More
  • Feb. 25, 2013
    News

    USDA report: Impressive safety record of fruits and vegetables

    A new report clearly confirms that both conventional and organic fruits and vegetables are safe and that consumers should be eating more of both with confidence....More
  • Feb. 25, 2013
    News

    Super bowl farmer commercial hits viewing goal, FFA benefits

    Ram Truck brand planning next phase of year-long 'The Year of the Farmer' initiative including book of photographs shining spotlight on the contributions of American farm families....More
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