…home possible for days…. make sure you have an escape plan for your pet. “There are pet friendly hotels, there are boarding facilities, there are a number of places ……
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
…industry for investment in high tech,” Nassif said. “We’ve only been open a month, and we already have a number of tenants, more coming in every day, and more people…
A Brief History of the Navel Orange in California – From the Sacramento Bee
…been recognized, but exactly what might be most successful was still an experiment. Tibbets embodied much of what California promised and became. She was curious and a free thinker; she…
USDA Microloans Help Purchase Land and Improve Property
…looking for a career in farming, and those who have small and mid-sized farming operations. “Many producers, especially new and underserved farmers, tell us that access to land is one…
Farm Credit
The nation’s farm credit system was created 100 years ago and continues its support of rural America. This Land of Ours – Farming Credit In 1916 Woodrow Wilson signed the…
Agri View: Bad Economic Year
…America’s farming families and support markets that will boost farm income. Roughly one in three American farm products are exported, but there is significant and as yet untapped opportunity in…
UC Online Tool Delivers In-Field Information
…on chlorpyrifos use. Cooperative Extension Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Advisor Dr. Peter Goodell introduced growers and PCAs to a new tool that is mobile friendly. Goodell walked attending PCAs and…
Agri View: Buy or Rent Farmland
…is often easier said than done, and is consistently ranked as one of the biggest barriers to entry into farming. As with housing, there are basically two ways that farmers…
World Ag Expo to Feature Harden, Ross, and Kinoshita on Panel
…generations of southwest Georgia farmers with a proud farming heritage that dates back to the 1800s. As a daughter of farmers, she understands the changing face of agriculture over time,…
Feed a Bee
…new initiative to increase forage for honey bees and other pollinators. Feed a Bee From Bayer CropScience Feed a Bee website Honey bees play an important role in pollinating many…
The Western View: Indoor Vertical Farming
…a warehouse to hold an indoor farm. The Western View Indoor Vertical Farming When the farm is at full production, it is expected to provide 30 harvests a year, growing…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
…may get stuck with overripe fruit late in the season, he said, “but now quality is excellent. This is the third year the eating quality of California navels has been…
Transparency Key to Building Consumer Trust
…a different type of agriculture than many people anticipated,” Arnot said. “We consistently hear from people that they trust farmers but they don’t trust farming.” As a result, agriculture has…
Why is the EPA Suing John Duarte for Plowing his Land?
…the same type of regulatory enforcement could become commonplace, threatening farmers across the nation. EPA has said that farmers have no need to worry about the rule because normal farming…