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AdvertisementWheatNAWG: USDA launches revitalized research agencyA statement from NAWG Chief Executive Officer Daren Coppock and National Wheat Improvement Committee Chairman Dr. Jim Peterson on the debut of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, launched Oct. 8 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.: "We were pleased to see the official launch of the new NIFA today in Washington. Like other members of the agricultural community, we are hopeful that its inception will spur important new ... [Read More] KWC sets State Fair photo contest entries to music in videoKansas More than 30 people submitted wheat-related photographs to the annual Kansas Wheat Photo Contest for the 2009 Kansas State Fair in September. The competition, sponsored by the Kansas Wheat Commission, honored Travis Stutzman, Sedgwick, with the first-place photo of a young boy studying a wheat plant at harvest time. [Read More] Wheat Summit brings segments together for frank talkFrank, open and honest discussions are key to compromise agreements and revolutionary ideas. It's the philosophy behind the Wheat Summit, which is sponsored by the National Association of Wheat Growers and the North American Millers' Association. This forum, in its third year, brings all segments of the wheat industry--from growers and wheat breeders, to millers and bakers--into the same room to find solutions to the future of wheat ... [Read More] KWC sets State Fair photo contest entries to music in videoKansas More than 30 people submitted wheat-related photographs to the annual Kansas Wheat Photo Contest for the 2009 Kansas State Fair in September. The competition, sponsored by the Kansas Wheat Commission, honored Travis Stutzman, Sedgwick, with the first-place photo of a young boy studying a wheat plant at harvest time. [Read More] Kansas City business leaders learn about wheat businessLost acres, stagnant yields, cost of production and competition from other crops are all part of the conundrum facing the wheat industry. Members of the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City heard how the wheat industry is facing these challenges during their monthly meeting on Oct. 15. They heard from Justin Gilpin, CEO of Kansas Wheat, and Darren Coppock, CEO of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG). [Read More] Advertisement
Spying on corn rootworm predators' nightlife
Agricultural Research Service entomologist Jonathan G. Lundgren, while exploring corn fields at night, has found a very different group of predators than the ones that feed during the day. It turns out that these night-time predators have a great appetite for corn rootworms, the most costly pest of corn in the world. Research on day-active and night-active predatory insects is important for scientists who are developing strategies that maximize ...[Read More] Scientists plot genetic ploy against grain pest Aided by a genomic map of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, Agricultural Research Service and university scientists are plotting a kind of genetic sabotage on the pest's basic life functions--from locomotion to digestion. Nationally, infestations of flour beetles and their beetle cousins cost millions of dollars in losses annually to stored grains and the food products made from those grains. Warehouse sanitation usually keeps beetle ...[Read More] OSU Biofuels Team, research partners receive $4.2 million grant Oklahoma Oklahoma State University and its partner institutions in industry are receiving $4.2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue groundbreaking work in the development of biofuels. The OSU Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources' Ray Huhnke said the funding received through USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture represents great news for the public and diverse stakeholders ...[Read More] Harvest progresses; Nov. 13 estimate puts crop losses at $309 million Arkansas The estimated crop loss for the rain-damaged 2009 harvest so far has risen to $309 million, not including lost wages of about $83 million due to decline in nearly 3,000 full-and part-time agriculture-related jobs, the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture said. The estimate, which provides a week-by-week snapshot of crop conditions, is compiled by U of A Division of Agriculture economists, and is based on...[Read More] Dakotas might see record sunflower yields BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)--Sunflower crops could set records in the nation's top two producing states this year, helping to blunt a drop in nationwide production and ensure a healthy supply for processors in the United States and Canada. The good year for growers in North Dakota and South Dakota in turn might help keep consumer prices down for foods that use sunflower oil although worries remain about the weather-delayed harvest. "Any time that the crop ...[Read More]
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