Entries by Tracy Mumma

New Tool Able to Detect Dicamba Drift Damage

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reports an advancement in remote sensing that enables drones to detect and report soybean crop damage from dicamba herbicide drift, even at a one ten-thousandth […]

USDA Announces Disaster Assistance for Farmers

USDA announced that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster […]

Small Ruminant Course Available Online

Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) added a new course to its Humane Farming School (on the Teachable platform): Raising Ruminants Right; goat and sheep edition. Whether you’re new to raising […]

Farmers Report on Camelina Experiment

South Dakota farmers Arthur and Jennifer Walker received funding from North Central Region SARE to test the potential of winter camelina as a rotation crop. North Central Region SARE reports […]

Digital Tools to Aid Soil Health Monitoring

A collaborative project between the European Union and China, known as TUdi, developed online Decision Support Tools designed to help farmers monitor and assess soil health at the field level. […]

Researchers Examine Agricultural Water Conservation Strategies

Scientists at Colorado State University led a review that examined strategies for conserving agricultural water nationwide, exploring the potential effectiveness, drawbacks, and adoption challenges of each strategy. The researchers considered […]