2012 Ag Census Data Released Today
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the updated 2012 Census of Agriculture data: “The Census results reiterate the continued need for…
Read MoreAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the updated 2012 Census of Agriculture data: “The Census results reiterate the continued need for…
Read MoreOn Friday, April 18th at 1:28pm Kathy Hayes, wife of Jerry Hayes, passed away at their home in Missouri with her loving husband, Jerry…
Read MoreBeekeepers and disaster assistance Alan Harman Beekeepers and other agricultural producers can begin signing up for federal disaster assistance programs – some backdated to…
Read MoreFarming for improved ecosystem services seen as economically feasible. Benefits to water and soil quality plus climate stabilization achieved with good crop yields. By…
Read MoreEast African honeybees are safe from invasive pests … for now By Sara LaJeunesse April 16, 2014 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Several parasites and…
Read MoreFDA’s New Guidance For Labeling Honey FDA Issues Draft Guidance Intended to Help Ensure the Proper Labeling of Honey and Honey Products April 8,…
Read MoreBeekeeping More Than 60 Years Ago, Caught On Film Following is a story about a 10 minute file made in 1947, the year this…
Read MoreWhat Happens In Almonds Doesn’t Stay In Almonds. This Year’s Devastating Bee Kill In California Hurts Apples, Cranberries, Blueberries…and Beekeepers. News Release From The…
Read MoreProspective Plantings for 2014. What’s in store this year. Released March 31, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United…
Read MoreNatural history must reclaim its place Support for the subject has declined, but its study can avoid costly mistakes for society Support in developed…
Read MoreColony Count, Total US Honey Production and Individual Colony Production and Honey Prices all up in 2013 Released March 21, 2014, by the National…
Read MoreWatch John Miller, Commercial beekeeper from North Dakota and Northern California, discuss his role in the pollination industry. His talk at TEDxUNC last month…
Read MoreStudy Reveals that Costs Outweigh Benefits of Toxic Insecticides Implicated in Bee Kills Center for Food Safety today released a scientific literature review which…
Read MoreResearch reveals true value of cover crops to farmers, environment Planting cover crops in rotation between cash crops — widely agreed to be ecologically…
Read MoreBeekeepers Must Move Bees Last fall the EPA published a new pesticide label originally for the foliar application of four neonicotinoid pesticides. By December,…
Read MoreNew Model For Virtual Hive Lets Everybody Look At Bee Problems Alan Harman British scientists have created a virtual hive that gives them just…
Read MoreLand Use In US North East Changing, So Is Food Production Alan Harman Climate change could force a change in food production in the…
Read MoreI’m jumping ahead this time but we’ll get back to Rule 3 soon. But this time I’m looking at something more timely…. The Seventh…
Read MoreBayer’s Second Bee Care Tour Bayer CropScience launched its second annual Bee Care Tour, a mobile tour designed to emphasize the important role bees…
Read MoreRussian Bees Get It Right A noted honey bee scientist in the U.S. said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa….
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