The 2015 Alabama Corn and Wheat Short Course is just around the corner. This event will be held at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center on December 14-15. A variety of topics will be covered, pertaining to corn and wheat crops. Presenters are scheduled from Auburn University, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, other land grant universities, the agriculture … Read More
Food, Ag and Health Summit Seeks Solutions
The UC Davis Food, Ag and Health Solution Summit is being held now. This 32-hour, caffeine-fuled event has been dubbed an “idea hack,” with participants aiming to gain precision solutions for current agricultural challenges. The hope is to create uncommon collaborations to help us feed the future populations. The event will include: * Tuesday, Dec. 1: Precision Ag Workshop with industry … Read More
AL Extension Hosts Precision Ag Workshop
January 28, 2016 is the date scheduled for the Precision Agriculture Workshop in Auburn, Alabama. Hosted by the Auburn University and Alabama Extension professionals, the event will cover cutting edge precision with demonstrations by Extension professionals and private companies. The workshop will take place at the Auburn University Dixon Hotel and Conference Center. “There are still lots of farmers in … Read More
Corn and Wheat Short Course to be held in Auburn
Mark your calendars for December 14-15 and attend the 2015 Alabama Corn and Wheat Short Course at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center . Topics will include managing corn for high yields, soil health, cover crop mixtures, best practices for sorghum, wheat production and profitability and wheat management. Presenters hail from Auburn University, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, other … Read More
Soil Science Society Educates on Preventing Desertificiation
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is celebrating the International Year of Soil 2015 (IYS) with a calendar of events designed to educate the public about the importance of the matter. The month of November has been named “Soils and Climate” by the group and their November blog post highlights the process of desertification and how to prevent it. … Read More
New Online Game from National Geographic and Bayer
National Geographic and Bayer CropScience are excited to announce the launch of their new, online game “Top Crop: Farming for the Future.” The game hopes to educate students on the basics of producing crops by taking players through a series of virtual growing seasons, complete with all the challenges growers face, like pests, disease and weather. Players may also use … Read More
Bayer Agriculture Literacy Week Wraps Up Friday
Friday marks the end of Bayer CropScience‘s Ag Literacy Week, which was celebrated from October 19-23. Bayer CropScience sites across the country engaged with local communities to provide hands on learning opportunities for students. Through Ag Literacy Week, Bayer aims to create conversations while raising the public awareness of the power of modern agriculture and the critical role technology will … Read More
John Deere Brings Precision Ag to Small-Holder Farmers
John Deere is bringing agricultural training to thousands of small-holder farmers with their new pilot mobile education unit. According to Geoff Andersen, director, Global Citizenship and Strategic Planning with John Deere, who I spoke with this morning during the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, the unit was first used in Ghana and Kenya to help more than 60,000 … Read More
K State Researchers Uncover New Genetic Markers
Kansas State University wheat scientists, in cooperation with scientists from Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic, are calling their study of wild wheat genes “a breakthrough.” The research is the first completed study of a chromosome in a tertiary gene pool. The study was published in The Plant Journal on Sept. 27 “What we did is develop a strategy that … Read More
Covering Bases with Cover Crops
When we think of crops we think of food, but there dis another very important type of crop in the agricultural world– cover crops. “Cover crops are usually planted between the regular crop production periods,” says Hanna Poffenbarger, a graduate student in the department of agronomy at Iowa State University. Poffenbarger did graduate work on cover crops at the University … Read More