The US Farm Bill of 2002 is the latest in a 7-decade history of farm subsidy laws that transfer funds to farmers and regulate and subsidize production of selected commodities. Fruit, tree nut, ornamental and vegetable crops, hay and meats remain outside scope of main subsidy programs. The new law continues many innovations of the 1996 Act, such as removal of authority for annual land idling and...

Increased demand for corn grain as an ethanol feedstock is altering U.S. agricultural landscapes and the ecosystem services they provide. From 2006 to 2007, corn acreage increased 19% nationally, resulting in reduced crop diversity in many areas. Biological control of insects is an ecosystem service that is strongly influenced by local landscape structure. Here, we estimate the value of natural...

Groundwater depletion caused by agricultural irrigation is a worldwide problem. Digital technology has the potential to mitigate groundwater over-exploitation problem precisely restricting agriculture withdrawal and borewell construction. This study estimates how farmers respond pilot on digital supervision, which was implemented county government limit number clarify property rights of borewel...

Durum wheat is grown globally on 13.5 million ha in 2020/2021, which amounts to 6.2% of the area. It assumed that past it was more important, but extent importance unknown. In this work, a historical estimation durum area carried out, based data main cultivating countries. Many from earliest period were percentage all wheat. During nineteenth century, around 14–16%. However, throughout 19th and...

Front line demonstration on integrated crop management practice in ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula Roxb.) hybrid COH – 1was conducted at Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu during 2021-2022 to increase the yield and income farming community. Totally ten progressive farmers were selected Vridhachalam, Kammapuram Panruti blocks District, with an acreage one acre per farmer. Bottlenecks cultivation ide...

Regenerative agriculture aims to improve soil health and promote biodiversity while producing nutritious food profitably. Almonds are the dominant crop in California terms of acreage revenue generated. We examined health, biodiversity, yield, profit regenerative conventional almond production systems that represented farmer-derived best management practices. practices included abandoning some o...

with those choosing to grow wheat as a forage-only or GO crop (Redmon et al., 1995), but they need to follow Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the foundation of many a recommended set of management practices to optiagricultural enterprises in the southern Great Plains and is grown primarily as either a grain-only (GO) or a dual-purpose (DP, grazing mize returns. plus grain) crop. Tradition...

UNLABELLED Morphological and structural features of buckwheat starch granules and nanocrystals were examined using atomic force microscopy and dynamic light scattering. Partially digested starch granules revealed a clear pattern of growth rings with the central core revealing lamellar structure. Atomic force microscopy and dynamic light scattering experiments revealed that the buckwheat starch ...