Grain Research News Today

Discover the harvest reports from Victoria showcasing more than 30 new grain varieties for sowing programs. Insights on disease resistance and yields.

Bait lethal to feral swine, but has minimal impact on the environment and nontarget species.

Bait lethal to feral swine, but has minimal impact on the environment and nontarget species.

Louisiana scientists have patented a deadly bait that could help curb the rampant growth of feral hogs, an invasive species that causes widespread damage to croplands and coastal wetlands.

LSU AgCenter field day review variety of topics at wheat and oat field day.

Key ingredient for the golf-ball-sized chewy bait is ironically the same as for bacon—pink curing salt, or sodium nitrite.

Latifa Salangi is a clerk in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources’ dean’s office at Michigan State University.

It’s been a little over a year since U.S. military forces pulled out of Afghanistan, causing a mad rush of evacuations and allowing the Taliban to take control of the country. A team of researchers at Michigan State University had the unexpected job of helping get some Afghans to safety and resettled in America.

Country Folks reported that Ellen Mallory, professor of sustainable agriculture and Extension specialist at the University of Maine, presented a talk entitled “Organic Grain Research Mashup” earlier this year at the New York Certified Organic meeting to share findings from her research about organic growing practices for local grains.

PhD student Ruby Hume’s research is also investigating in-field spectral assessment of soils using infrared spectroscopy technology. University of