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 […]