BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 2 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Virginia Tech researchers are testing the use of drones across the state to help stakeholders determine nitrogen rate and timing of wheat, an important crop of the commonwealth. * * * At Virginia Tech's Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center, researchers are testing aerial sensor technology to help small grain growers assess the progress of their crops without setting foot in the fiel  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Cornell University issued the following news on Jan. 11, 2023: Morgan Ruelle, M.S. '10, Ph.D. '15, was living in the remote mountains of Ethiopia in 2011, researching his dissertation on food diversity, when he kept hearing about a crop that confused him. The farmers repeatedly mentioned a grain called "duragna" in Amharic that had no equivalent in English. "They kept saying, 'Well, it's not really wheat, it's not really barley,'" Ruelle says. "I was just   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS The 2022 corn for grain crop is estimated at 118.58 million bushels, down 20 percent from last year's production of 148.35 million bushels, and the lowest production total since 2002, according to the December 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural S  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release: Corn: Planted area, at 10.8 million acres, is down 2 percent from 2021. Corn for grain was harvested on 10.6 million acres, down 2 percent from the previous year. The corn yield is estimated at a record 214 bushels per acre, up 12 bushels from 2021. Production is estimated at 2.27 billion bushels, up 3 percent from last year.   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Missouri Field Office issued the following news release: Corn: Planted area, at 3.35 million acres, is down 7 percent from 2021. Corn for grain was harvested on 3.12 million acres, down 9 percent from last year. The corn yield is estimated at 161 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from 2021. Production is estimated at 502 million bushels, down 8 percent from last year. Soybeans: Planted   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New Mexico Field Office issued the following news release: NEW MEXICO HIGHLIGHTS The 2022 corn for grain crop is estimated at 5.36 million bushels, 25 percent below last year's production of 7.18 million bushels, according to the December 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average yield o  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Wyoming Field Office issued the following news release: WYOMING HIGHLIGHTS The 2022 corn for grain crop is estimated at 8.57 million bushels, 18 percent below last year's production of 10.43 million bushels, according to the December 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average yield of 153.0 bu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: Production for both corn and soybeans declined from last year, according to the 2022 Crop Production Annual Summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. U.S. corn growers produced 13.7 billion bushels, down 9% from 2021. Corn yield in the United States is estimated at 173.3 bushels pe  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 9 -- Plants, a scientific peer-reviewed open access journal that says it covers plant science from the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 12, No. 1 edition: Articles: * Temperature and Precipitation More Than Tree Cover Affect the Distribution Patterns of Epiphytic Mosses within the Orthotrichaceae Family in China and Adjacent Areas * Mapping QTL for Phenological and Grain-Related Traits in a Mappin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester this week held three in-person, public Farm Bill listening sessions in eastern Montana to hear directly from ag producers, community leaders, and local officials in preparation for negotiating the 2023 Farm Bill. Tester also hosted a law enforcement roundtable in Glendive to discuss funding for public safety, securing the border, and combating fentanyl trafficking. On Tuesday, Tester h  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- The United Nations issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: As the Security Council fully resumed in-person meetings, the invasion of Ukraine at the start of the year by the Russian Federation -- a permanent, veto-wielding member of the Council -- plunged the 15-nation organ into a fractious new normal, widening pre-existing rifts, making consensus more laborious than ever to achieve and impeding efforts to fulfil their responsibility in maintaining international  more