COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Missouri's College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources issued the following news: Farm income could decline in 2021, in spite of large increases in the value of crop and livestock sales, according to the latest analysis of national and global agricultural trends from the University of Missouri. Lower government payments and higher farm production costs could outweigh the increase in sales. Even with the decline projected by analys  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * Covid-19 and Global Food Security: One Year Later By Chase Sova Senior Associate (Non-resident), Global Food Security Program It's been just over a year since the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) first warned that "Covid-19 could lead to a food security crisis if proper measures are not taken." The author, former IFPRI director general Shenggen Fan, was foll  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Thomas J. Winston, president and CEO of Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Innovation and Investment in Water Resources Infrastructure" on March 10, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding the critical importance of investing in the nation's port infrastructure. My name is Thoma  more

LONDON, England, March 15 -- Plant Biotechnology, a journal that says it features reviews by leading researchers in applied plant science, with an emphasis on molecular plant sciences and their applications through plant biotechnology from the Society for Experimental Biology and Association of Applied Biologists, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2021 edition: Brief Communications: * Tissue-specific activation of DOF11 promotes rice resistance to sheat  more

BASEL, Switzerland, March 13 -- Plants, a scientific peer-reviewed open access journal that says it covers plant science from the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2021 edition: Review: * Endophytic Fungi and Ecological Fitness of Chestnuts * Biostimulant Properties of Seaweed Extracts in Plants: Implications towards Sustainable Crop Production * Cabbage Production in West Africa and IPM with A Focus on Plant-Ba  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2021: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, held a hearing to discuss how farmers, ranchers, and foresters can be a part of the solution to the climate crisis. "The climate crisis might seem insurmountable, but our farmers and foresters   more