#commercialagriculture — Public Fediverse posts

NOTUS: USDA Moves to Shutter Maryland Research Facility. “The Agriculture Department announced plans Thursday to shut down a massive federal research complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the objection of members of Congress. The department will begin decommissioning the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre federal research complex that has operated since 1910 and […]

NOTUS: USDA Moves to Shutter Maryland Research Facility. “The Agriculture Department announced plans Thursday to shut down a massive federal research complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the objection of members of Congress. The department will begin decommissioning the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre federal research complex that has operated since 1910 and […]

NOTUS: USDA Moves to Shutter Maryland Research Facility. “The Agriculture Department announced plans Thursday to shut down a massive federal research complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the objection of members of Congress. The department will begin decommissioning the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre federal research complex that has operated since 1910 and […]

NOTUS: USDA Moves to Shutter Maryland Research Facility. “The Agriculture Department announced plans Thursday to shut down a massive federal research complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the objection of members of Congress. The department will begin decommissioning the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre federal research complex that has operated since 1910 and […]

NOTUS: USDA Moves to Shutter Maryland Research Facility. “The Agriculture Department announced plans Thursday to shut down a massive federal research complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the objection of members of Congress. The department will begin decommissioning the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre federal research complex that has operated since 1910 and […]

Tennessee Department of Agriculture: Pick Tennessee Products Unveils New Website to Better Connect Consumers with Local Producers . “The website redesign follows continued growth in the Pick Tennessee Products program, which includes nearly 3,200 active members. The updated site focuses on improving the user experience and strengthening connections between Tennessee consumers and local […]

Market Talk: Checkoff Launches Online Database To Help Farmers Find Grant Opportunities. “The dairy checkoff’s new online tool is designed to help dairy farmers and their advisors more easily identify grants and funding opportunities for conservation and on-farm improvements. The Funding Opportunities Database, available through the Dairy Conservation Navigator, organizes federal, state and […]

Market Talk: Checkoff Launches Online Database To Help Farmers Find Grant Opportunities. “The dairy checkoff’s new online tool is designed to help dairy farmers and their advisors more easily identify grants and funding opportunities for conservation and on-farm improvements. The Funding Opportunities Database, available through the Dairy Conservation Navigator, organizes federal, state and […]

Market Talk: Checkoff Launches Online Database To Help Farmers Find Grant Opportunities. “The dairy checkoff’s new online tool is designed to help dairy farmers and their advisors more easily identify grants and funding opportunities for conservation and on-farm improvements. The Funding Opportunities Database, available through the Dairy Conservation Navigator, organizes federal, state and […]

Market Talk: Checkoff Launches Online Database To Help Farmers Find Grant Opportunities. “The dairy checkoff’s new online tool is designed to help dairy farmers and their advisors more easily identify grants and funding opportunities for conservation and on-farm improvements. The Funding Opportunities Database, available through the Dairy Conservation Navigator, organizes federal, state and […]

Associated Press: Some West African farmers turn to TikTok as part of agriculture’s changing image. “[Pape] Fall is one of millions of farmers in West Africa believed to be using TikTok and other social media to do business, share ideas and change the perception of agriculture as the work of poor people in this part of the world.”

International Atomic Energy Agency: Mutant Variety Database for Climate-Smart Crops Enhanced with New Tools and Features. “A global database of new crop varieties developed by mutation breeding has been upgraded and expanded to include data on mutant microbial bacteria and fungi strains as well as mutant plant varieties. The Mutant Variety Database (MVD) now offers enhanced tools to support […]

DigitalNC: Embrace Your Passion for Peanuts with New Issues of the Peanut News!. “Thanks to our partners at the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, Inc., a new batch of newspapers is now available online! A total of 85 issues of the Virginia-Carolina Peanut News from 1993 to 2023 have been added to DigitalNC.”

Reuters: Analysis-USDA’s reputation suffers after massive revisions in US corn acres. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture, long the world’s gold standard for crop estimates, faces mounting doubts about the reliability of its data from farmers, grain traders and economists following deep staff losses and a sharp upward revision in how many acres of corn were harvested.”

UC Davis: Coffee Industry Leaders Give Major Collections to UC Davis Library. “The donations to the UC Davis Library are from Gerald ‘Jerry’ Baldwin, co-founder of Starbucks and former president of Peet’s Coffee; Russ Kramer, president of Hacienda La Minita and veteran of Green Mountain Coffee; and the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). The materials — including rare books, photographs, […]

Press Democrat: World’s largest database of historic vines nears 9,500 vineyards. “The Old Vine Registry, the world’s largest database of landmark vineyards, is approaching 9,500 listings, nearing its goal of 10,000 vineyards by June 2027…. Searchable by country, region, vineyard name, grape variety and more, the registry’s website provides a remarkable look at many of the world’s […]

CATIE: Launch of the Coffee Agroforestry E Library. “This January 19 marks the launch of the Coffee Agroforestry E Library ‑the world’s first comprehensive online database dedicated to scientific literature on shade-grown coffee, also known as agroforestry.”

University of Missouri: Open-source drone technology will democratize precision agriculture. “A technological innovation from a pair of Mizzou Engineering researchers will make precision agriculture faster and more accessible, unlocking opportunities for smallholder farmers everywhere Dewi Kharismawati grew up in a small village in Indonesia, where her father and most people she knew worked the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/28/university-of-missouri-open-source-drone-technology-will-democratize-precision-agriculture/

DigitalNC: Go Nuts with The Peanut News!. “Thanks to our new partners at the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, Inc., we are excited to announce that over 150 new issues of The Virginia-Carolina Peanut News are now available on our website! These newspapers, ranging from 1955 to 1992, offer planting and harvesting tips, market advice, and updates on the latest technology.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/23/digitalnc-go-nuts-with-the-peanut-news/

Brigham Young University: A Farmer’s Field of Dreams? BYU-built smart tech maps moisture levels, will adjust watering automatically. “Each of these sensors, called BYU Smart Bluetooth Stakes, are powered by a credit-card-sized solar panel and use two metal prongs to gauge the soil moisture as often as every minute. The system is significantly more accurate than traditional water saturation […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/20/brigham-young-university-a-farmers-field-of-dreams-byu-built-smart-tech-maps-moisture-levels-will-adjust-watering-automatically/

Government of Australia: Tracking the flow of food: How the Pacific Food Trade Database is helping with regional planning. “The database provides, for the first time, a clear and consistent picture of food and beverage trade across the Pacific region…. Its core objective is to create a regionally consistent time series of food and beverage imports and exports as detailed and accurate […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/06/tracking-the-flow-of-food-how-the-pacific-food-trade-database-is-helping-with-regional-planning-government-of-australia/

University of California: New online tool helps growers choose cover crops. “For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop species based on growers’ unique situations and goals.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/05/university-of-california-new-online-tool-helps-growers-choose-cover-crops/

University of California: New online tool helps growers choose cover crops. “For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop species based on growers’ unique situations and goals.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/05/university-of-california-new-online-tool-helps-growers-choose-cover-crops/

University of California: New online tool helps growers choose cover crops. “For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop species based on growers’ unique situations and goals.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/05/university-of-california-new-online-tool-helps-growers-choose-cover-crops/

University of Wyoming: UW Extension Releases Local Foods Database. “University of Wyoming Extension has released the inaugural Wyoming Specialty Crop Directory (WSCD) online database, a comprehensive new resource that strengthens Wyoming’s local food movement by connecting consumers with producers across the state. The 2025 WSCD database has nearly 1,100 listings, including many for producers […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/13/university-of-wyoming-uw-extension-releases-local-foods-database/

University of British Columbia: Made-in-Canada sustainability database aims to boost global trade, climate goals. “A new national database co-developed by researchers at UBC Okanagan and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) aims to help Canadian industries better measure and manage sustainability.” Starting with agriculture.

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/16/university-of-british-columbia-made-in-canada-sustainability-database-aims-to-boost-global-trade-climate-goals/

Associated Press: How AI is helping some small-scale farmers weather a changing climate. “The AI chatbot suggested [Alex] Maere grow potatoes last year alongside his staple corn and cassava to adjust to his changed soil. He followed the instructions to the letter, he said, and cultivated half a soccer field’s worth of potatoes and made more than $800 in sales, turning around his and his […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/15/associated-press-how-ai-is-helping-some-small-scale-farmers-weather-a-changing-climate/

Bailiwick Express: Moo-ving into the digital age… 200 years of cows, crops and farming curiosities to go online. “From potatoes to prize bulls, 200 years of farming life in Jersey is being preserved forever in a new digital archive. The Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society received a grant from the Jersey Community Foundation to digitise their archives, which date back to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/bailiwick-express-moo-ving-into-the-digital-age-200-years-of-cows-crops-and-farming-curiosities-to-go-online/

Global Coffee Report: ICO relaunches Coffee Sustainability Support Database. “The new platform features interfaces with intuitive dashboards, including a dedicated Country View and Project View. According to the ICO, C2SD serves as a centralised public resource to improve access to information on more than 400 sustainability projects in coffee-producing countries.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/global-coffee-report-ico-relaunches-coffee-sustainability-support-database/

Food & Beverage Industry News: MLA launches social media academy to uncover ambassadors. “Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is launching a new Social Media Academy to create the next batch of influential red meat ambassadors. MLA is calling for producers to sign up to the Social Media Academy.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/04/food-beverage-industry-news-mla-launches-social-media-academy-to-uncover-ambassadors/

CBS 2 Iowa: Lawsuit accuses USDA of illegally deleting climate data, withholding funds for farmers. “A coalition of environmental and agricultural advocacy groups has sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture, accusing the agency of unlawfully removing climate-related resources from federal websites and withholding grant funds promised to farmers.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/03/cbs-2-iowa-lawsuit-accuses-usda-of-illegally-deleting-climate-data-withholding-funds-for-farmers/

#Maine #agriculture #CommercialAgriculture #OrganicFood #SmallBusiness

Sun Journal: Unity-based farmers, gardeners group improves database

https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/11/24/unity-based-farmers-gardeners-group-improves-database/

#agriculture #CommercialAgriculture #Canada #livestock #research

University of Manitoba: New website a valuable resource on livestock production research

https://news.umanitoba.ca/new-website-a-valuable-resource-on-livestock-production-research/

#California #agriculture #CommercialAgriculture #ClimateChange #CropPhenology

University of California Fruit & Vegetable Preservation Resources: New interactive web tools help growers cope with climate change

https://fruitandvegetable.ucdavis.edu/index4.cfm?blogasset=2231&sharebar=email&blogstart=472