U.S. consumer perceptions of agricultural technology show a strong majority would be willing to purchase foods made with wheat produced using biotechnology if the innovations delivered nutritional or environmental benefits. Asked to describe what additional information they would like about food products, less than 1 percent of the survey respondents said they want to see information about biotech-derived ingredients on product labels....More

Bees are making headlines these days, and not in a positive way. Colony collapse disorder has cut through honeybee populations, with some beekeepers reportedly losing up to 90 percent of their stock in recent years. That data is often interpreted to mean that all of the world's 20,000 bee species are in danger. But there's little data to back up those claims, scientists say....More

Texas received some much-needed rainfall in early May, according to observers in south Texas and the High Plains....More

Texans have a love affair with pickups, and while residents of the Lone Star State think these vehicles ‘rock,’ they also need to know that they roll, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service safety expert. “Even though pickups...More

Wolf Scheible is researching a problem most people do not even know exists. Scheible, Ph.D., a new principal investigator at the Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla., comes to the organization from Germany’s esteemed Max-Planck Society. He brings 15 years of research to bear as he explores how plants efficiently use nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus....More

The National FFA Organization awarded a $1,500 scholarship to Jace Jones of the Slaton (Texas) High School FFA chapter. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, sponsors the scholarship. Jace is a high school senior and plans to use the funds to pursue a degree at Lubbock Christian University....More

Though the overall percentage of the state under moderate to extreme drought has continually dropped since September 2011, producers are beginning to worry that 2012 could be a repeat performance, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....More

During the recent Texas Plant Protection Association’s Board meeting, the Officers for 2012 were elected. Serving as Chairman of the TPPA Board is H. Ray Smith with Biological Research Services, Inc....More

California’s strawberry industry urgently needs practical and cost-effective ways to grow strawberries without soil fumigants. California grows 88 percent of the nation’s strawberries. Fumigants are gaseous pesticides injected into the soil of agricultural fields prior to planting....More

Renting pasture for grazing livestock is a fairly common practice, but one a Purdue Extension forage specialist says landowners and producers need to carefully discuss....More