…But by the 1990s, with concerns about riparian habitat and endangered species, grazing policies began to change and conservation became more of a focus, in order to allow public lands…
CA Team Takes Third at 2016 Envirothon
…like this year’s “invasive species.” Each team’s performance is evaluated and judged by professional foresters, soil scientists, wildlife specialists, and other natural resource experts. The teams are also asked to…
Honeybee Population Revival
…the same species. Once on the stigma, the pollen grain grows a tube that runs down the style to the ovary, where fertilization occurs, producing seeds. Most plants depend on…
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
…is to act as a platform that increases the commerce and connectivity of these Central California companies, while creating a regional identity centered on the celebration of food production and…
CDFA to Discuss Medical Cannabis and GMO Labeling
…to develop a robust framework that protects consumers, growers and the environment.” Ross Last year, California passed the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act that allows the commercial cultivation and…
Scope of New Olive Disease
…the San Joaquin Valley, they have had some trees with very severe defoliation. There might be regional differences, there might be more than one species of pathogen and we just…
Seafood Monitoring Rule Heads to White House for Review
…snapper, tuna and grouper. NOAA officials say the requirements would impact more than 2,500 entities that import those species into the U.S. from countries including China, Thailand and Vietnam. Data…
EPA Sets Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting on Glyphosate
…scheduled the meeting of a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act scientific advisory panel for October 18th through October 21st in Washington, D.C. The Federal Register notice mentions the conclusions…
Agri View: Hydroponic Farming
…Forest Project, 2009). A parallel increase in the demand for food species is implied, and estimates claim that food production will need to be doubled in order to compensate (Sahara…
Electronic Bug Trap Reduces Labor
…the trap on when the target species is flying. The pheromone lure obviously filters out a lot of non-targets, but then the signal analysis when the zap actually occurs allows…
Efforts to Make School Environments Healthier
…Obama Administration is announcing four final rules that implement important provisions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) building on the progress schools across the country have already made in…
Agri View: Lost Land
…The overgrazing stripped the land, and, in part, brought about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Congress enacted the 1934 Taylor Grazing Act, which finally established grazing districts and required…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…local cropping contexts. The series of visits demonstrated the use of no-till and minimum tillage farming, cover cropping, enhancing the diversity of above-ground species and underground soil biology, surface residue…
Ag Labor and Border Security Require Balanced Approach
…farmers. To keep that option viable, we must act soon,” Duvall said. Farmers and ranchers from all regions are ready for Congress to act on immigration reform, but as Duvall…