Fertilizer grants available for research benefiting Michigan
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has announced a fertilizer research opportunity – the competitive grant is aimed at helping farmers and growers optimize nutrient use, ensure soil fertility and address environmental concerns regarding fertilizer use.
Comments sought by FDA on safety rules for food facilities
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun accepting public comments on new food safety rules to help the owners and operators of food facilities meet certain registration requirements.
Illinois Soy is eyeing state, U.S. water needs to 2030
The projections are startling: 40 percent of the world’s population (or more than 3 billion people) will be living in areas of severe water stress by the year 2050.
Organic grain trials part of stops in multistate ‘Sustainable’ series
Synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are three words that Dale Filbrun and his son, Kenton, of West Alexandria disdain – so much that in 1992, they turned their 500-acre conventional farmland to entirely organic.
