…to Fork A-Fair, Chenango Ohio Agriculture Experience Day, Jackson-Vinton Drive-It Yourself Ag Tours Galore, Lawrence Pennsylvania Agricultural Career Days, Blair 1,001-3,000 Members California Valley’s Gold, Fresno Illinois Farm to Fork…
UC Releases New Cost Study for Growing Almonds
…and two studies on almonds grown in the northern San Joaquin Valley. The northern San Joaquin Valley studies use conventional and organic production methods. Free copies of this study and…
Amazon Targeting Grocery Sector
…could change, physical stores are becoming increasingly central to Amazon’s business ambitions. Amazon has studied the move for years and if the pilot program is successful could start opening 200…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…Predictive models have directed HLB searches to residential areas with high populations of residents from countries where HLB is common. In the San Joaquin Valley, citrus near high population areas…
Federal Reserve: December Next Rate Boost?
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams says the best time for the U.S. central bank to raise rates again likely will be at its policy gathering in…
Improve Energy Efficiency, Adopt Renewable Energy Systems
…is a sawmill and wood processor specializing in hardwoods. Minnesota’s Chippewa Valley Ethanol Cooperative, LLP is receiving a $250,000 grant to make energy efficiency improvements to an evaporator at an…
Extension Educators Receive National Honors
…north central, south, west and 1890 universities) will also be recognized for excellence at the APLU annual meeting. The 2016 regional Excellence in Extension awardees are: 1890s Region Award –…
Critical European Grapevine Moth Safeguarding Milestone Recognized
…EGVM was first detected in a Napa Valley vineyard in 2009. Subsequent surveys detected the moth in 11 California counties, representing a serious threat to California’s $4 billion grape crop,…
USDA/NIFA Awards $4.7 M for Food Safety Outreach, Education
…$59,994 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif., $60,000 University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., $60,000 Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, Honolulu, Hawaii, $60,000 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., $146,893 Third…
U.S – Mexico Establish Committee to Support Organic Trade Partnership
…at www.usda.gov/organic. Image credit: (top left) Napa Valley, California: Hall Wines, Certified Organic vineyard with Bunny foo Foo in the background, May 12 2015 Napa Valley, California. Wollertz / Shutterstock.com…
Western View: The Most Dangerous Highway?
…the heartland of California, straight up the middle of the Central Valley all the way up to the rice fields north of Sacramento. It’s 424 miles of agricultural heaven, from…
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…Santa Clara Valley Water District is a key partner for the design and realignment of Calabazas and San Tomás Aquino Creeks, which will reconnect watersheds to the baylands and reduce…
Possible Shift of Psyllid Control Efforts in CA
…question. However in the Central Valley where it isn’t quite as widespread, containment in the urban areas is critical,” Daugherty said. “We need to maintain those control programs in urban…
USDA Moves Forward with Flawed GIPSA Rules
…add litigation costs. Absent a required showing of economic harm to claim preference, these rules disregard a central tenant of our legal system and set out a regulatory framework for…