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Officials Warn Americans Not To Open Strange Packages From China Or Plant The Seeds Inside

Officials Warn Americans Not To Open Strange Packages From China Or Plant The Seeds Inside

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials warned Americans not to open suspicious and unsolicited packages from China, as they contain unidentified seeds, ABC News reported. And, of course, officials warn even more explicitly not to plant those seeds. Across the country, people have received nondescript packages that wouldn’t otherwise raise an eyebrow. They’re plastic, light gray, […]

4y ago

Honeybee Exploitation In Almond Industry Killing Billions Every Year

Honeybee Exploitation In Almond Industry Killing Billions Every Year

California has an $11 billion almond industry that relies on honeybee pollination for survival. As the business continues growing, farmers are renting colonies from beekeepers to keep up with production. However, the exploitation of these bees is leading to billions of deaths every year, according to The Guardian. Almond groves in California’s Central Valley cover […]

4y ago

Donald Trump: ‘We’re Achieving What No Administration Has Ever Achieved Before, And What Do I Get Out Of It?’

Donald Trump: ‘We’re Achieving What No Administration Has Ever Achieved Before, And What Do I Get Out Of It?’

On Sunday night, during a speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual conference, President Donald Trump went off-script, changing the subject of his address from agriculture to impeachment. Per CNN, after touting his trade policies — which he claims have helped farmers across the country — Trump complained about not receiving much in return. […]

4y ago

Have You Noticed That Real Christmas Tree Prices Are Higher? You Can Thank The 2008 Recession For That

Have You Noticed That Real Christmas Tree Prices Are Higher? You Can Thank The 2008 Recession For That

If you’ve suffered from sticker shock while trying to purchase a fresh, real Christmas tree this season, you’re not alone: prices of real Christmas trees are, in fact, up this year, CNBC reports. And you can thank the 2008 recession for that. In fact, the price of fresh Christmas trees has been trending upward for […]

6y ago

Seed Company Intentionally Sold Fake Soybean Seeds To Black Farmers, Lawsuit Claims

Seed Company Intentionally Sold Fake Soybean Seeds To Black Farmers, Lawsuit Claims

A group of black farmers in Memphis, Tennessee, are now standing together and taking legal action against Stine Seed Company, who they say intentionally sold them bad soybean seeds. According to reports from WMC Action News, the black farmers attended the 67th Annual Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in March of 2017, where they collectively […]

6y ago

Former Democrat Named Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue Knows Farming, Agribusiness and Politics

Former Democrat Named Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue Knows Farming, Agribusiness and Politics

Donald Trump has named former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue as his choice to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Perdue was praised by Trump as being a “great, great farmer.” Trump said that Sonny Perdue was the candidate he kept thinking about, because of his farming and veterinary experience. Houston County native Sonny Perdue was […]

7y ago

Black Oklahoma Teacher Was Given A Confederate Flag, KKK Hood At A State Education Conference

Black Oklahoma Teacher Was Given A Confederate Flag, KKK Hood At A State Education Conference

A black teacher was given a Confederate flag and a white robe and hood, similar to what a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member might wear, on stage at an Oklahoma education conference in a bizarre incident that has Oklahoma educators scrambling for answers. As the Oklahoman reports, the incident happened on August 2 at the […]

8y ago

Gold N’ Plump Recalls Tons Of Chicken After Suspected In-House Sabotage

Gold N’ Plump Recalls Tons Of Chicken After Suspected In-House Sabotage

Gold n’ Plump is recalling more than 27 tons of chicken after contaminants were discovered in a sample of Gold n’ Plump’s product. Gold n’ Plump is the leading chicken manufacturer in the Upper Midwest and is based in central Minnesota. What sort of contaminants were found in Gold n’ Plump’s chickens? The company reportedly […]

8y ago

Scientist Grow Crops In Mars Soil—’The Martian’ In Real Life?

Scientist Grow Crops In Mars Soil—’The Martian’ In Real Life?

Sometime in the future, astronauts could be planting edible crops on Mars. No doubt inspired by the film, The Martian, starring Matt Damon, researchers in the Netherlands have reproduced Mars-equivalent soil and grown up to ten species of crop with only minor reduced yields. The Martian, based on the Andy Weir novel, tells the story […]

8y ago

El Niño Grinding The South African Meat Industry

El Niño Grinding The South African Meat Industry

El Niño, the periodic warming of the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean that brings sea surface temperatures above average, results in the severe disruption of weather patterns worldwide and causes a relentless reduction in rainfall in South Africa. This, in turn, has devastating effects on the South African Agricultural Industry, with the 2014-2016 episode being the […]

8y ago

Experts Say Bananas Threatened By Aggressive Disease Might Be Alarming

Experts Say Bananas Threatened By Aggressive Disease Might Be Alarming

At the beginning of December, an article published on the Inquisitr referred to a claim, which was to be taken seriously, that all bananas threatened by a fungus would eventually lead to the extinction of the fruit. As mentioned in the article, the kinds of bananas threatened are the Cavendish, which in the 1950’s replaced […]

9y ago

When The World Is Banana-Free, Will We Finally Understand The Importance Of Diversity In Agriculture?

When The World Is Banana-Free, Will We Finally Understand The Importance Of Diversity In Agriculture?

Adults who grew up before the mid-1900s might eat a banana and feel like it just doesn’t taste as good as it did growing up. That’s because today’s bananas are a different variety than the type of bananas sold commercially before the middle of last century. Before today’s bananas, called the Cavendish banana, most of […]

9y ago

‘French Killer’ Hired To Do Job No One Else Can Accomplish In Texas, Killing Carrizo Cane

‘French Killer’ Hired To Do Job No One Else Can Accomplish In Texas, Killing Carrizo Cane

A “French killer” has been hired to do a job no one else have been able to accomplish in Texas — killing carrizo cane. The bamboo-like reed is a formidable enemy of U.S. Border Patrol agents seeking to thwart illegal immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico. Carrizo cane has been hacked down, poisoned, […]

9y ago

Drones Are Coming — To Help Manage Your Farm

Drones Are Coming — To Help Manage Your Farm

Drones have been a big buzzword in recent years, with rumors of government drones coming to peek into the backyards of citizens, and vigilantes threatening to shoot drones from the sky on sight. However, we’ve also heard a lot about possible practical implementations of drones in the private sector, and for non-invasive government use, like […]

9y ago

Avian Flu Crisis Spreads, Egg Prices Set To Skyrocket

Avian Flu Crisis Spreads, Egg Prices Set To Skyrocket

The avian flu is continuing to spread across the Midwest. The crisis has analysts predicting dire consequences for breakfast, with the price of eggs set to skyrocket. The flu outbreak is one of the largest in U.S. history, hitting farms in 16 states and forcing authorities to cull about 40 million birds, according to the […]

9y ago

Bird Flu Hits Iowa: Largest Egg-Producing State In America Loses Millions Of Birds

Bird Flu Hits Iowa: Largest Egg-Producing State In America Loses Millions Of Birds

Bird flu has hit Iowa farms with a vengeance. Approximately 5.3 million Iowa birds have been affected by the recent wave of avian flu, according to USDA statistics. Iowa is just the latest state to face a possible agricultural downfall due to the various strains of bird flu. Both Minnesota and Wisconsin also lost millions […]

9y ago

Portland Pesticide Ban Passed To Help Protect Honeybees

Portland Pesticide Ban Passed To Help Protect Honeybees

Portland banned pesticides in an effort to protect the honeybees. Elected officials in the Oregon city passed the pesticide ban ordinance on Wednesday. The law prohibits any insecticide use on public lands within the municipality. Some Portland farmers argued that pesticide or insecticide use is integral for their crop production. The Portland City Council voted […]

9y ago

Superweeds Fears Mount, Scientists Want To Combat The Problem With More GMOs

Superweeds Fears Mount, Scientists Want To Combat The Problem With More GMOs

Superweeds have become a significant problem for farmers in recent years. The invasive weeds can reportedly grow up to 10 feet tall at an inch-a-day rate. Asian carp and pigweed are the two most common forms of superweeds impacting farmers across the United States. Superweeds take nutrients, rain, and sunlight away from other plants and […]

9y ago

California Won’t Run Out Of Water In A Year, But Drought Action Needs To Be Taken More Seriously

California Won’t Run Out Of Water In A Year, But Drought Action Needs To Be Taken More Seriously

California is in the middle of a serious drought, and many media outlets and state residents are finally taking notice. The state has been in a drought for years, but it hasn’t been until recently that residents have seen an influx of articles citing statements from scientists and the promotion of water conservation efforts. Only […]

9y ago

‘New MacDonald’ Video Goes Viral: Children Share Their Views On GMOs

‘New MacDonald’ Video Goes Viral: Children Share Their Views On GMOs

The “New MacDonald” video has gone viral. A group of children got creative and developed a new take on “Old McDonald Had a Farm” to highlight what they feel are the dangers of GMOs and other industrialized agriculture tactics. The New Macdonald Movement was sponsored by Only Organic. The groups worked in conjunction with a […]

9y ago

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