Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering research on smoke exposure to winegrapes, a new tool…
Week in Review: Apply for Direct Payments Next Week, Important Smoke Exposure Research Begins
Farmers and ranchers can begin applying for direct payments as part of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program next week. Critical research looking at smoke exposure in grapes is starting to…
Smoke Exposure Research in Grapes Begins Taking Shape
Support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service will allow important smoke exposure research to move forward to better understand the effect that smoke has on grapes. Industry…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 05-20-20
Today’s show is filled with stories covering details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, the underlying importance of improving broadband expansion, and how smoke exposure research could lead to predicting…
Revised Budget Features Significant Cuts to Close $54 Billion Deficit
…massive job losses and shortfalls in record time. This budget reflects that emergency.” While the Governor pointed out safe drinking water and wildfire preparedness as being funding priorities, the revised…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 05-15-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering smoke exposure research getting some funding, how weather conditions…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 05-05-20
…of label rates and applicator training. Also in today’s show find out what the concerns are as we head into wildfire season and what representative Jim Costa is urging after…
DPR Lists Acceptable PPE Alternatives for Handling Pesticides
…still doesn’t address our issue on the dust or the wildfire smoke regulation that Cal/OSHA has under an emergency regulation right now and will be considering next month for a…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 04-13-20
…its workers, also the proposed permanent wildfire smoke rule is available for comment and we’ve got all the details on how you can participate. Also in today’s show, we discuss…
Permanent Smoke Regulation Imminent as Timeline Shortens
…as of a couple of days ago they’ve decided to now hear the proposed permanent wildfire smoke regulation coming up at their May meeting.” The permanent smoke regulation is largely…
N95 Masks: ‘Perfect Storm’ Brewing for Agriculture
…Amy Wolfe, President and CEO of AgSafe. “Pesticide applications are happening right now, wildfire smoke is an issue that we’re foreseeing when the season changes and obviously the ongoing challenge…
The Western View: Covid-19 Turns Our World Upside Down
…point and destroying normal life. It spreads like wildfire on a California summer day and exploits any weakness it finds. We have to take this disease seriously. Some experts think…
Some Garden Plants with Colorful Foliage
…Its colorful foliage can also be speckled, splotched, or veined. Spikes of small pink, red, or white bell-shape flowers are an extra treat. Smoke Tree Named for its feathery summer…
USDA Investing $1 Million in California Water Quality Improvements and Wildfire Mitigation
…capability of communities, assist with wildfire mitigation, enhance ecological resistance to wildfire, and improve water quality and supplies. Federal agencies will contribute $697,000 to the Little Jones Creek Project-Smith River…