…Beef Company’s 800-acre Central Valley feedlot with a capacity of 250,000 cattle, along with its slaughterhouse and processing facilities will be sold to Central Valley Meat Company. Both companies will…
Additional Funding Available for Two Air Quality Incentive Programs
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Board is making additional funding available for two air quality incentive programs that provide assistance for agricultural operations within the boundaries of…
Mechanical Vineyard Pruning Possible Without Replanting
…the San Joaquin Valley is approximately $15,600 an acre. The research project began in 2013 and was conducted on eight acres of Merlot winegrapes, in which the grower participating in…
Water Allocations Updated for CVP South-of-Delta Contractors
Last week the Bureau of Reclamation issued the updated allocations for Central Valley Project (CVP) South-of-Delta contractors for the 2019 contract year. South-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors will now be…
Weak Honey Bee Colonies May Fail From Cold Exposure During Shipping
…well enough to prevent chilling. When honey bee boxes are loaded onto semi-trailers, they are oriented with the hive box openings inward toward a central aisle or outward toward the…
Western View: Diamonds Found in California?
…it was one of the richest Districts in California, and as hydraulic mining took hold, the mines were consolidated into one, the Spring Valley mine. Hydraulic mining was a very…
Effort to Repair Friant-Kern Canal Passes First Hurdle
…District, and was co-authored by several other San Joaquin Valley lawmakers. The legislation recently advanced through the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water with a vote of 7 to…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 04-12-19
…a Navel Orange Worm project running. Also, you’ll hear another episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features and…
Wonderful to Run Entirely on Renewable Energy by 2025
…acres of fallow farmland in the Central Valley, which is projected to power a quarter of the company’s operations. As part of the changeover, Wonderful will be joining companies such…
Nutria Eradication Will Require Sustained Efforts
…and we’re working from the locations where we know nutria are which is primarily in the San Joaquin Valley and the southern part of the Delta.” The majority of captures…
2019 Wine Industry Awards Announced
…Merry Edwards Winery in the Russian River Valley where she is famous for an elegant barrel fermented Sauvignon Blanc. After 20 years elevating her winery to global status, she has…
California Citrus Growers Face Existential Threat in HLB
…to lay eggs and local conditions don’t require growers to spray as often for other pests. The San Joaquin Valley has cold winters and hot summers that help suppress the…
Monitoring Southern Blight in Colusa County
After southern blight showed up in several tomato fields in the Sacramento Valley, researchers began work to quantify the spread and impact of the disease in annual rotations in the…
Poultry Show Cancellations Continue Amidst Virulent Newcastle Outbreak
…that VND poses a serious threat to the industry. Some of the most recent poultry show cancellations come from the Stanislaus County Fair, the Big Fresno Fair, the Salinas Valley…