LOGAN, Utah — The USDA Agricultural Research Service is leading a project dubbed “Beenome100” to produce high-quality maps of the genomes of at least 100 bee species, capturing the diversity of bees in the United States, representing each of the major bee taxonomic groups in this country. There are about 4,000 native bee species in […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is now accepting donations for rural fire departments who have been battling the spring 2022 wildfires. Drought conditions across the state continue to worsen, and in turn, fire danger continues to rise. The foundation knows fire departments are in need of assistance through these trying […]

BREMEN, Ky. — Shared traumatic experiences can bring people closer together, even if they are normally miles apart. That was the case recently in the Muhlenberg County community of Bremen as Northern Kentucky livestock producers helped Western Kentucky livestock producers repair fences destroyed by the Dec. 10 tornado outbreak. Dealing with the effects of a devastating tornado was all too familiar for the Campbell County farmers. In March 2012, their small community of […]

AUGUSTA — The Obsolete Pesticide Collection Program protects Maine’s natural resources and prevents agriculture pollution by promoting the safe and proper disposal of outdated, unused, or unwanted pesticides. The program is made possible by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Board of Pesticides Control (BPC) and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The program […]