Lawsuit Filed Regarding Dicamba Damage. And A Bee Culture Editorial.
Gil Gullickson This is the story Seven Arkansas farms are suing makers of dicamba herbicides used in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System for…
Read MoreGil Gullickson This is the story Seven Arkansas farms are suing makers of dicamba herbicides used in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System for…
Read MoreMegan Poinski @meganpoinski, from Food Dive A Food Dive Brief: A federal judge dismissed a class action lawsuit filed against General Mills, which claimed…
Read MoreThe Bee Team–Honey bee guru Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist emeritus, UC Davis, and his wife, Helen, are planning the program for…
Read MoreThe Good Food Awards invites food producers from across the country to submit their beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, cider, coffee, confections, honey, oils, pickles,…
Read MoreJack Boyne A recent CATCH THE BUZZ blog about Bayer’s new insecticide product Sivanto® Prime (flupyradifurone) discussed the decision by officials in Kentucky to…
Read MoreThe industry’s value, globally, was estimated at US$2.2billion in 2016. With healthy living campaigners advocating it as a healthier replacement for sugar, global demand…
Read MoreMichael Baadke, Linn’s Stamps The United States Postal Service is issuing a set of five nondenominated (49¢) forever stamps with the theme “Protect Pollinators.”…
Read MoreEd Davidian, President, Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation has a long history of backing and lobbying for bills that…
Read MoreAlan Harman With summer crop production in full swing, pesticide spray drift can cause damage to neighboring property owners, but they aren’t without recourse,…
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently announced nine grants totaling more than $8 million to study…
Read MoreNot so long ago, California was in the middle of a deep drought but in June its snow water equivalent rose to a heaping…
Read MoreAnn Marie Hak According to a media release from Friends of Earth Canada, a national poll study found that a majority of 89 per…
Read MoreBy Tom Major The Asian honey bee on the right below is much smaller than the European species used for most Australian honey production….
Read MoreWith populations declining, the rare, Rusty Patch bumble bee has become the flagship photo for this Conference. Photo by Clay Bolt. Michigan State University…
Read MoreJIM SMITH-DAILY DEMOCRAT, Courtesy of AgAlert Did you know – pollination has become the top income source for beekeepers nationwide—accounting for $338 million in…
Read MoreCaroline Macdonald of Food Dive Dive Brief: Almonds were the number one nut used in global new food products for the 10th straight year…
Read MoreAlan Harman The future of the famed Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture is in doubt after Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature voted to cut all funding…
Read MoreMDA Continues to Lower Yield Estimates for Corn, Soybeans, and Spring Wheat “Rains are currently pushing across the west central Midwest; however, a drier…
Read MoreTEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Deputy agriculture minister said over 80,000 tons of honey are produced annually in Iran two percent of which…
Read MoreLisa Cumming I recently had a chance to visit the National Bee Diagnostic Centre (NBDC) in the small town of Beaverlodge, Alberta, which is…
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