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Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network gets $25M from NIFA

The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced Oct. 26 an investment of nearly $25 million for 50 grants supporting Farm and Ranch Stress Network State Department of Agriculture projects. “NIFA’s Farm and Ranch Stress Assista... more

Michigan growers get soil health assessment tool

A Michigan Soil Health Progress Report developed by Michigan State University Extension educators is now available for farmers, agribusinesses, agency personal and crop advisors to assist in assessing and tracking soil health on their farms. [cap... more

NC State alumnus evaluates crop varieties at Bayer Crop Science

Growing up in a rural town on a small family farm, Andrew Scruggs became fascinated with plants. His childhood love of plants continued through high school and at the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Now t... more

Crop efficiency aided by satellites tracking water use

As California weathers another drought, tools that can help farmers and ranchers maximize the water they do get are being sharpened. The newest effort to measure such water use was launched last week by a public-private coalition featuring three f... more

Roadmap for Soil Health Initiative released by Washington State University

A 124-page "roadmap that outlines current challenges and pathways to help maintain healthy soils as an agricultural and environmental resource has been released. Washington Soil Health Initiative, recently funded with a $2.1 million annual allocat... more

FarmBeats: Ag at the speed of IT

With the global population projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, farmers need all the help they can get to increase production, quality, and nutritional value of agricultural products. FarmBeats will help them achieve that. “FarmBeats is a dig... more

Residue management use approved for PhycoTerra

Heliae Agriculture, an algal tech company specializing in regenerative agriculture solutions, announced Oct. 26 that its flagship product, PhycoTerra soil microbial food, has received a label expansion in the U.S. for postharvest residue management u... more