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FlowersLisa Nelson's Dahlia Valley Ranch in Arnold, Nebraska, now in its sixth season, grows more than 100 flower varieties in fields and high tunnels, supplying events, a farmers' market and U-pick visitors.
Homestead farmingAfter wind and a late frost cost her apple harvest, a South Dakota columnist asked a city forester how to choose, plant and protect backyard fruit trees.
AgribusinessThe Agricultural Coalition for the USMCA says farm and seafood exports to Canada and Mexico generated $149 billion of US economic output in 2024.
HealthGovernor Gavin Newsom signed a bill creating certification of non-ultraprocessed foods, overseen by the California Department of Public Health through accredited third-party certifiers by June 2029.
CropsThe Farm Service Agency has again extended the Emergency Conservation Program deadline in 10 Nebraska counties; approved applicants can recover up to 75% of restoration costs.
AgribusinessK-State farm economist Gregg Ibendahl says diesel is about $2.25 a gallon higher than earlier this year because of a global shortage, adding roughly $10 an acre to corn and $20,000 for a 2,000-acre farm.
LivestockNearly 90 percent of surveyed US bison producers deworm at least once a year and almost a third more than twice, but few use diagnostic tests, raising the risk of drug resistance.
LivestockAbout 100 breeders, researchers and industry people met in Kansas City for AGI's second Imagine forum; a white paper on its findings is due in early 2027.
LivestockEarly results from a three-year University of Nebraska project show pregnancies up almost 11% in heifers bred with fresh semen pooled from three bulls.
Kansas State models show group treatment for respiratory disease did not pay in 72% of groups, and Texas Tech links liver abscesses to rumen health, not genetics.
LivestockA $448,940 ROAR grant with Entomol Products and Purdue will test whether misting hydrogenated catmint oil, already used in insect repellents, can cut avian influenza transmission in poultry houses.
LivestockThe Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and the University of Notre Dame are putting $140,389 into a rapid study of an FDA-approved drug as a new weapon against New World screwworm.
EnvironmentA PNAS paper estimates that replacing irrigated yields with rain-fed cropland would release 6.86 gigatonnes of carbon, more than the whole US emitted in 2024; pump electrification would cut the direct emissions further.
