…live and may be viewed via the eOrganic YouTube channel. The event, which was co-sponsored by the Organic Farming Research Foundation and UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, covered…
Almond Board: Industry Resource Map
…largest categories are the bee broke and beekeepers listing. Right now, there are a total of 210 bee brokers and beekeepers listed on our Resource Map. These companies represent 27…
Farming and Ranching Pioneers Honored
State Fair’s Ag Heritage Breakfast honors farming and ranching pioneers Bill and Carol Chandler of Chandler Farms in Fresno County, which was honored for 125 years of operation. (Image courtesy…
Commodity Carnival
Cathy Isom gives us information about the game teaching young student’s real life risk rewards of farming and commodity trading. That story’s ahead on This Land of Ours. Commodity Carnival…
NMPF Endorses Legislation
…in landfills, is not intended to regulate agricultural operations like dairy farms. The RCRA statute has been used to inappropriately target agriculture, specifically dairy and livestock producers, even if they…
Weigh a Bee
…habitat,” he said. Bees and ‘flower deserts’ California’s wildflowers have disappeared as land has been converted for agriculture, creating “flower deserts.” Bees can respond to a short-term loss of resources…
Farming from the Heart- Our Future
In the agriculture industry we understand the circle of life quite well. The seasons change, the crops are harvested, the animals go to feed the world. And by the next…
Lawsuit Filed Against Hormel’s “Natural” Products
…raised using “sustainable” farming techniques on “independent” family farms, and the products are free of artificial ingredients. USDA’s definition of “natural” is: “A product containing no artificial ingredient or added…
Agri View: The Computer Age
…Todd, eHow Contributor Farming practices today hardly resemble those of a generation ago. Gone is the simple tractor and combine. Farming today is about using advanced technologies to maximize crop…
Agri View: Golf Course Farming?
Everett Griner talks about farming a closed golf course, a good or bad idea, in today’s Agri View. Golf Course Farming? From: Modern Farmer From Farmland to Golf Course and…
Air Quality Incentives Available
…on the complexity of the farming operation. “We’ve had great success with this initiative in some of the high priority areas of the state,” said Assistant State Conservationist Alan Forkey….
Farming from the Heart- Temple Grandin Stockmanship
This week Temple Grandin returned to Farming from the Heart with advice for our cattle ranchers out there working cattle. She says that the first thing to focus on when…
Less Runoff Means More Salinity Management
…reservoirs and less water for everybody, farming and non-farming communities,” Bali said. As growers know, the need to find ways to conserve water will continue but so will salinity issues….
The Latest Buzz on Honeybees
There’s a renewed buzz in honeybee research when it comes to problems within the hive. AgNet Media’s Sabrina Hill talks with a bee care program leader and a bee researcher….