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EPA approves DuPont Lumisena fungicide seed treatment for soybeans and sunflowers
Delta Farm Press | Posted onDecember 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsDuPont recently received registration approval from the Environmental Protection Agency for DuPont Lumisena fungicide seed treatment, the newest member of the DuPont seed applied technology portfolio. Lumisena fungicide seed treatment improves crop establishment and stand uniformity by controlling phytophthora in soybeans and downy mildew in sunflower crops. In DuPont research trials, soybean seed protected with Lumisena fungicide seed treatment, which has a favorable environmental profile, had 32 percent less Phytophthora sojae incidence than untreated seed.
Farm distilleries nearly double in 2 years of Craft NY Act
Wellsville Daily | Posted onDecember 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on the second anniversary of the Craft New York Act, the number of farm distilleries has nearly doubled since the law was implemented. This growth is a direct result of the Craft New York Act, which took effect Dec. 13, 2014 and provided significant benefits to farm distillers.
Governor Cuomo Announces Launch of New On-The-Job Agricultural Training Program for Veterans
Governor.ny.gov | Posted onDecember 14, 2016 in Agriculture NewsGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of an on-the-job training program for military veterans interested in careers in the agricultural industry. This training opportunity expands the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs’ On-the-Job Training initiative to allow veterans to use their military benefits while obtaining useful job skills on the farm. With assistance from Cornell Small Farms Program, Western New York’s Kreher’s Farm in Clarence, has been approved as the first farm in the state to offer this program to veterans.
New Online Tool Helps Farmers, Owners Find Veterinarians
Veterinary Practice News | Posted onDecember 13, 2016 in Agriculture NewsAre you an animal farmer looking for a veterinarian? A new tool is available to help you called "Find-A-Vet." This online tool was created by GlobalVetLink (GVL), and according to their website, it "allows animal owners to quickly find a veterinarian in their area who offers digital services such as Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (ICVIs/health certificates) and Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA/Coggins) certificates.
Reindeer left hungry, shrinking in warming world
Science Daily | Posted onDecember 13, 2016 in NewsOften portrayed as pulling Santa's sleigh, reindeer are a Christmas staple. Now, ecologists have found that reindeer are shrinking due to the impact of climate change on their food supplies.
Hawaii’s last sugar mill wraps up final harvest
The Washington Post | Posted onDecember 13, 2016 in Agriculture NewsThe only remaining sugar mill in Hawaii is ending its final harvest. “Hawaii produced over a million tons of sugar per year for over 50 years. At one time that was 20 percent of all the sugar that was consumed in the United States,” said Robert Osgood, a retired consultant for the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center and co-author of “From King Cane to the Last Sugar Mill.” Sugar farms in Hawaii have closed or consolidated, and competition has increased worldwide. Alexander & Baldwin reported an operating loss of about $30 million in agribusiness in 2015.
Fish Quickly Adapt to Lethal Levels of Pollution
Science Blog | Posted onDecember 13, 2016 in Rural NewsEvolution is allowing some urban fish to survive in a lethal, human-altered environment, according to new results published in the journal Science. While environmental change is outpacing the rate of evolution for many other species, Atlantic killifish living in four polluted East Coast estuaries turn out to be remarkably resilient. These fish have adapted to levels of highly toxic industrial pollutants that would normally kill them.
Pipeline spills 176,000 gallons of crude into creek about 150 miles from Dakota Access protest camp
cnbc.com | Posted onDecember 13, 2016 in Energy Newspipeline leak has spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek roughly two and a half hours from Cannon Ball, where protesters are camped out in opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline.Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes, as well as environmentalists from around the country, have fought the pipeline project on the grounds that it crosses beneath a lake that provides drinking water to native Americans. They say the route beneath Lake Oahe puts the water source in jeopardy and would destroy sacred land.
Farm sector weakness forecast to continue to year's end
The High Plains Journal | Posted onDecember 13, 2016 in Agriculture NewsNet cash farm income is forecast at $90.1 billion and net farm income at $66.9 billion for 2016, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.Both measures are forecast to decline for the third consecutive year after reaching record highs in 2013 for net farm income and 2012 for net cash income. Net cash farm income is expected to fall by 14.6 percent in 2016, while net farm income is forecast to decline by 17.2 percent.
What does the new federal water bill mean for California? For one, a big win for farmers
The Sacramento Bee | Posted onDecember 13, 2016 in Federal NewsCalifornia farmers and Southern California cities were aghast last winter when much of the heavy rainfall that fell in Northern California washed through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and out to sea. In their view, it represented a lost opportunity to capture high river flows and pump water to arid regions south of the Delta. This winter could prove dramatically different.