…water from Shasta Dam through the federal Central Valley Project, he said she received no water and ended up planting only one-fifth of the land, using groundwater and “what some…
UC Studies Outline Costs of Tomato Irrigation Systems
Two new costs and returns studies for growing transplanted processing tomatoes under furrow irrigation and sub-surface drip irrigation (SDI) in the Sacramento Valley and northern delta are available from the…
Western View: Salinas’ own National Steinbeck Center
…Salinas is his birthplace, and the setting of so many of his books. Long before I moved to California I knew the Long Valley, the Monterey peninsula and the central…
63rd Annual Lodi Grape Day
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Today was the 63rd Annual Lodi Grape Day where growers from all over the San Joaquin Valley gathered to hear a variety of issues facing the…
Western View: The Persistent Pecan
…pruning techniques and tree management techniques that kept the tree size manageable and improved production. The Cripe family developed varieties that allow pecan orchards to thrive anywhere in the central…
Sharpshooter Populations Down
Courtesy: UC Riverside Experts are seeing a two-year decline in glassy winged sharpshooter populations. Sharpshooter Populations Down A Central Valley grape symposium showed a steady decline in glassy winged sharpshooter…
International Center for Water Technology receives up to $1.12M grant
…five-year grant from the board that concluded in September. “We’re excited to be able to continue to support economic development in the Central Valley through expansion of the water cluster…
WUD, NRCS, and Audubon California Working Together
…wetlands of the Central Valley, but as that habitat has declined, the birds have established large nesting colonies in a particular plant used for dairy feed. From the NRCS: “We…
Silicon Valley Bank Foresees Breakout Year Ahead for U.S. Fine Wine Business
…the full report. To participate in Silicon Valley Bank’s annual Wine Conditions Survey in the future contact the author Rob McMillan at rmcmillan@svb.com. About Silicon Valley Bank’s Wine Division Banking…
UC Makes Gains in Rebuilding its Extension Service
…field or doing research. For this reason, Scott Oneto, a farm advisor and county director of UC Central Sierra Cooperative Extension, which covers El Dorado, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador counties,…
The Fresno Food Expo Celebrates with Agricultural Tour
…event connected ag and political leaders with Valley food producers as they saw and celebrated the many facets that make up the Valley’s food industry, hearing firsthand the individual stories…
Port Slowdowns are Affecting Farm Shipments
…Imperial and Central valleys, said finding alternative markets domestically for some of his products would be much more difficult. He noted that while alfalfa hay can be moved to other…
California Crop and Weather Report
…of the week saw scattered ground frost in some of the agricultural valley areas, where some upper 20s to middle 30s minimums were reported. Temperatures warmed during the week, with…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for Dairy Development Program
…We are very encouraged about the potential of this program.” Agricultural regions, including disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley as identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency using CalEnviroScreen, will…