DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 11 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Arlyn and Sue Kauffman family, owners of Green Ridge Family Farm in Weldon, Iowa, today. "The Kauffmans are great advocates for the agriculture community," said Secretary Naig. "Their operation demonstrates the benefits of layering conservation practices, including no-till soil management, co  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS Based on August 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 145.60 million bushels, according to the August 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is up 18 percent from last year's 122.96 mil  more

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: MONTANA HIGHLIGHTS Based on August 1 conditions, oat production in Montana is forecast at a record low 700,000 bushels, according to the August 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is down 36 percent from the July 1 forecast a  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Winter Wheat Based on August 1, 2021 conditions, production of winter wheat in Idaho is forecast at 52.9 million bushels, down 7 percent from the July 1 forecast and down 21 percent from last year. Harvested area, at 670,000 acres, is up 10,000 acres from 2020. Yield is expected to be 79.0 bushels per acre, down 22.0   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: Corn production in Tennessee was forecast at 170 million bushels, up 21% from the previous crop and a potential record. Yield was estimated at 173 bushels per acre, up 3 bushels from the 2020 level. Acres for harvest as grain were estimated at 980,000 acres, up 155,000 acres from 2020. The U.S. corn production was forecast at   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Virginia Field Office issued the following news release: Corn production in Virginia was forecast at 60.0 million bushels, up 17% from the previous crop. Yield was estimated at 150 bushels per acre, up 28 bushels from the 2020 level. Acres for harvest as grain were estimated at 400,000 acres, down 20,000 acres from 2020. The U.S. corn production was forecast at 14.8 billion bushels, up  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 11 -- Theoretical and Applied Genetics, a journal that says it features plant genetics, genomics and biotechnology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2021 edition: Reviews: * Challenges and prospects for a potential allohexaploid Brassica crop * Advances in application of genome editing in tomato and recent development of genome editing technology Original Articles: * Disparate genetic variants associated with distinct c  more