The word “despite” turned up in headlines from two national news outlets this past week, on stories that threatened to spawn a new narrative in the ongoing discussion of how …
California Dairy Families Challenge Consumers to “Pour It Forward” With Milk Donations
Milk is one of the most-requested nutrition staples at food banks, but out of the more than 377 million meals served by California food banks each year, the facilities are …
Water for Food Security, A Global Conference At UC Davis
On October 5 – 6, 2015,University of California (UC) Davis’ World Food Center will address the growing demands on water systems for agriculture. A panel of international experts and thought …
New Drone Hitting Market Soon
An company called Aussley Associates caused quite the buzz at the 2015 Citrus Expo in Florida last month. Business Management Developer Henry Kotula was showing attendees the company’s new drone …
Drought Forcing Changes in Drip Project
In hindsight, this water-plagued year has actually helped the dairy drip irrigation initiative by creating extremes that the project has had to figure out. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …
Strawberries Go Under “Cover”
Can strawberries and other ground produce benefit from sustainable practices such as cover crops or crop rotation? Rod Bain reports. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch …
Drip Helps Dairies Decrease Contamination
Getting a drip system to work with lagoon water is a win-win situation for the grower and the environment. The current use of the nutrient water is inefficient and can …
Drought Brings Challenges to Dairy Drip Project
Getting drip to work on dairy facilities with lagoon water is difficult and projects always run into the same issue, issues that were harder this year because of water availability. …
Farm Access to Computers
In today’s report Cathy Isom takes a look at computers on the farm and lets us know what a recent survey shows about computer and internet use on the farm. …
A Gradual Change in the State of the Beef Cattle Market
What will the next 18 months hold for the U.S. beef cattle market? Gary Crawford has this report. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Let’s …
Timing of Crop Reports are Misleading
There’s a downside to the timing of crop reports and leaders want to emphasize that negative numbers could come out next year even if El Niño proves to bring rain …
Helping Dairies Manage Nitrogen
Netafim is partnering with a Central Valley dairy that is trying to fine-tune drip tape use for feed crops. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, …
Most Food Expiration Dates Don’t Relate to the Food’s Safety
If you think that the various expiration dates on food packages have something to do with the safety of the food, you may be wrong. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
Organic Avocado Production Increasing
Although still a small percentage of the industry, organic avocado production continues to increase. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection …