HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 30 -- The Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society that says it provides a forum for scholarship in agricultural, environmental, food and resource economics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 72, Issue 3): * A random walk for agricultural total factor productivity * Are milk quota prices a rational investment? Modeling quotas as financial   more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 4 -- The Canadian Journal of Plant Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features plant production and management, horticulture and pest management, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 104, No. 5): Review * Assessing the influence of climate controls on grapevine biophysical responses: a review of Ontario viticulture in a changing climate Research Articles * Spring wheat agronomic and quality responses to a genot  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS Barley production in Colorado, estimated at 5.66 million bushels, is down 17 percent from the 6.81-million-bushel crop produced in 2023, according to the September 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Producers see  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Old crop corn stocks on hand as of Sept. 1, 2024 totaled 1.76 billion bushels, up 29% from Sept. 1, 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Grain Stocks report released today. Old crop soybeans stored in all positions were up 29% from Sept. 1, 2023, and all wheat stocks we  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: How plants balance carbon dioxide intake with water loss in the face of rising temperatures has implications for water use in agriculture and the resilience of critical crops to environmental change. U.S. National Science Foundation-supported researchers at the University of California San Diego examining how plants respond to increases in heat levels have discovered two distinct mechanisms that co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researcher Edward Gorzkowski, Ph.D., to be recognized as Fellow to the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) for outstanding contributions to the ceramic sciences by conspicuous achievement in the ceramic industry during the upcoming American Ceramics Society Awards Banquet held in Pittsburgh,  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Oct. 3 -- Plant Physiology, a journal that from the American Society of Plant Biologists says it features physiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, biophysics and environmental biology of plants, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 196, Issue 2): Research Reports - Genes and Development * Auxin signaling in the cambium promotes tissue adhesion and vascular formation during Arabidopsis graft healin  more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * With implications for agriculture and food production, biologists map two paths that plants implement during elevated heat conditions * * * Microscopic pores on the surface of leaves called stomata help plants "breathe" by controlling how much water they lose to evaporation. These stomatal pores also enable and control carbon dioxide intake for photosynthesis and growth. A  more