Low-tech precision in farm research at Shafter station
At USDA Shafter California researchers test space age and simple devices to deploy beneficial insects in cotton. Limestone clay-pigeon discs released by a cannon-like launcher spread bugs that seek pests, while bicycle-wheel dispensers drop mites. Leaf blowers repurposed to count pests. Remote sensing via airplanes and infrared imagery speeds field data.
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U.S. Agriculture Department
Shafter Research Station
California
Cotton Country
Lyle Carter
Shafter Station
Vesten Calif
Carter
Wee
Shafter
Kern County
USDA
University of California
Steve Maas
Maas
California Carnivores arms plants to hunt bugs
In California wine country a Crestville store grows and sells thousands of carnivorous plants. Marilee Maertz and Peter D Amato run California Carnivores, the nation s largest CP collection. Customers include fathers with sons and researchers. Plants trap and drown insects and small animals in leaf cups.
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Wivd Press
Crestville
Calif
California
Wine Country
Cps
San Francisco
Carnivores
Marilee Maertz
Peter D'Amato
Maertz
Sam Rose
Oakland
Cattle Prices Seen Dipping This Summer In Kansas
Kansas State University extension economist James Mintert says fed cattle prices may ease to the low $60s through much of summer as slaughter and marketing weights stay lighter than a year ago. May data show smaller slaughter and lighter dressed weights, but spring feedings hint at higher late spring and summer marketing.
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Manhattan
James Mintert
KSU Extension Ag
USDA
Mintert
Kansas
Fed
Perennial wheat eyed to curb erosion and runoff
Researchers at Washington State University test perennial wheat varieties that regrow for up to five years to reduce soil erosion and runoff in Palouse country. Breeding aims to combine yield with environmental benefits, with field testing and potential commercial seeds years away.
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Pullman
Wash
Gretchen Borck
Washington Association of Wheat Growers
Stephen Jones
Washington State University
Jones
Conserva
Tion
Washington
Idaho
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United Feature Syndicate
U.S.A
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