Idaho agriculture department plans second quagga mussel treatment in Snake River in November
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture is planning a second round of treatment in the Snake River in November to target invasive quagga mussels. This second round of treatment comes just one month after the department treated 8.5 miles of the river between Oct. 8-19 with Natrix, a copper-based pesticide registered by the Environmental Protection […]
‘Electro-agriculture’ grows food in the dark with 94% less land required
Photosynthesis is the foundation of all life on Earth, and the reason that we exist. However, because its efficiency rate of converting light energy into chemical energy is only 1%, there's room for improvement. That's where a brilliant new invention called "electro-agriculture" comes in. Some talented bioengineers suggest an alternative to photosynthesis which promises much improved energy conversion through electro-agriculture. Electro-agriculture for food production What if plants could be genetically modified to "consume" an organic molecule produced by a solar-powered chemical reaction that converts CO2 more efficiently than photosynthesis? The idea is that with electro-agriculture, our reliance on land will decrease drastically. Imagine this:...
Penn State agriculture receives $1.15 million in grants
State College, Pa. — Penn State's agricultural departments have been awarded over a million dollars in funding for many new and ongoing projects. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has approved nearly $1.15 million across 13 grants for Penn State University's agricultural departments. Funding will support specific research projects, the Center for Agricultural Law, and the Ag Resource Center. “PSU’s world-class College of Agricultural Sciences produces cutting-edge research that gives our...
Ohio Agriculture Department building $72 million veterinary diagnostic lab in Reynoldsburg
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is adding at $72 million veterinary diagnostic lab to its Reynoldsburg campus. The 70,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, called the Ohio Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, will replace the existing Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, which provides more than 450 diagnostic tests for food animals, equine and other species in the defense against...