…Texas-Rio Grande Valley is receiving a $199,393 grant to help start, expand and improve cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in Texas and New Mexico. The Center is located in the South…
Importance of Accurate Evapotranspiration
…The California Irrigation Management Information Service (CIMIS) has weather stations throughout California that will provide that information but in an area like the Central Coast, where we have micro-climates that…
California Saw Snow Drought in 2016
…even odds that weak La Niña conditions will develop this fall and winter. La Niña refers to the periodic cooling of sea-surface temperatures across the east-central equatorial Pacific. It represents…
Support for Minority and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
…Rio Grande Valley, Texas; also serving New Mexico $199,977 West Virginia State University, West Virginia, $199,973 Additionally, Alcorn State University will continue to administer the Socially Disadvantaged Policy Research Center…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…Central Florida team to test a bactericide against citrus greening disease, a problem that has cost the state of Florida alone more than $3 billion in lost revenue since 2007….
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
…crop will push prices down, making the state more competitive. And that should prevent stocks from building up too much.” Meanwhile, harvest has been ramping up in the Sacramento Valley….
Presidential Debate Touches on Trade and Regulations
…the North American Free Trade Agreement one of the “worst deals in history.” Clinton insisted she was opposed to TPP and noted that she voted against the Central America Free…
Tunnel Project Key for Valley Water System
…problem that was created well after farming was established in Central California. “Where these pumps are either shut off or operating minimally, that doesn’t help,” Isom said. “We built the…
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef
…to restore foreign market access for U.S. beef. As a result, U.S. beef shipments had regained pre-BSE volumes by 2011 and even reached record values by 2014. Another central element…
Farmers Consider Impacts of River Plan
…one thing: This will hurt people.” Wenger estimated the board proposal could dry up as much as 240,000 acres of Central California farmland—with no guarantee the redirection of water would…
Demand for Hay Depends on Level of its Quality
…have the best chance of achieving high quality in the first two cuttings of the year, Putnam noted. But many of those early cuttings in the Central Valley got rained…
Optimizing Production a Nursery Focus
It’s rare to find an agriculture nursery that also breeds and researches variety and rootstock combinations. A longtime Central Valley nursery does just that, focusing on optimizing production. Most growers…
Farm Bureau: River-Flow Plan Will Cause Needless Suffering
…Board could idle as much as 240,000 acres of Central California farmland—with no guarantee the redirection of water will help the fish it’s intended to benefit. “For years, regulators have…
Western View: The Heritage of our National Parks
…Yosemite valley. In 1864, President Lincoln signed legislation that gave Yosemite and Mariposa Big Trees to the people of California, with the agreement that it would be used and preserved…