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Faster Growth Linked to Fewer Defense Compounds in Plants

January 31, 2011 // 0 Comments

Fast Growth, Low Defense — Plants Facing a Dilemma (From Science Daily) EXCERPT: Plants are attacked by a multitude of insects and mammals. As defense against these [...]

USDA Seeks Comments on Farmers Market Promotion Program Rule

January 28, 2011 // 0 Comments

AMS Press Release No. 020-11; Sam Jones-Ellard (202)720-8998, Samuel.Jones@ams.usda.gov USDA Seeks Comments on Farmers Market Promotion Program Rule Proposal and Information [...]

Interesting Article About Competition & Price in Farm Inputs

January 27, 2011 // 0 Comments

Crop Input Suppliers: The Middlemen You Don’t Always Think About. (by Stu Ellis – FarmGate) EXCERPT: What is the state of competition within agriculture? No, a [...]

Research: Controlling Pathogens on Greenhouse Tomatoes

January 26, 2011 // 0 Comments

Ohio research aims to battle greenhouse tomato pathogens (From The Grower) EXCERPT: Researchers at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center have received a $2 [...]

Study: New Relief Program for Dairy Would Cost Producers

January 26, 2011 // 0 Comments

Study: Proposed relief program would cost dairy farmers millions (VermontBiz.com) EXCERPT: A new study by Informa Economics concludes that the Dairy Market Stabilization [...]

Americans Support Spending on Certain Farm Bill Programs

January 22, 2011 // 0 Comments

Taxpayers Believe More Should be Spent on Food Safety, Conservation, Research, and Rural Development A new study, to be presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics [...]

Soil Micronutrients in Organic Farming: Production & Certification Issues

January 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

Soil Trace Elements and the Organic Farmer (by Gary Zimmer; MOSES, The Organic Broadcaster) SUMMARY: Just like in the production of a grass-fed animal, quality and care is [...]

Tillage & Cover Cropping Strategies for Soil & Energy Conservation in Sweet Corn

January 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

by Daniel Brainard and Benjamin Henshaw, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University SUMMARY: Reduced-tillage, cover crop intensive production systems have [...]

Organic Farm Performance Research Results from OFRF

January 11, 2011 // 0 Comments

EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECT RESULTS – FROM THE ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION Minnesota Reports Provide Real-World Data on Organic Farm Performance Project [...]

Research on Farm Profitability

January 8, 2011 // 0 Comments

What Is The Secret To Farm Profitability? (From The Farm Gate) EXCERPT: Most farmers will say that marketing is the hardest task on the farm, because it is hard to pick a [...]