…them. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner… Image credits: (top left) Rio Grande, Winding, Valley/Jessica Fender/Pixabay (Image #408073) (bottom right) Map of the Rio Grande Basin/Source: Wikimedia Commons…
Second Snow Survey Yields Concerning Measurements
…3.8 inches. The northern Sierra measurements were a bit more promising at 27 percent of the average and a SWE of 4.6 inches. The central Sierra fared the best with…
Elderberry Project Evaluates Viability of California Production
…Program in collaboration with Cloverleaf Farm, UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology, the UC Agriculture Issues Center, along with four Central Valley growers. The UC study is designed…
Farmers Union Releases Priorities for Farm Bill
…assistance at national and local levels.” Central also to the family farm organization’s concerns are the farm bill’s impacts on rural communities. The NFU Board urged Congress to include “robust…
Organics Encourage Support for Livestock Rule
The organic food sector is drumming up support for the recently ditched organic livestock rule. Leading the charge, Organic Valley cooperative of Wisconsin says the group is demanding that the…
Sunpreme Raisins Show Quality Yields with Less Labor
…2018 San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium in Easton. “Sunpreme” grapes dry naturally on the vine, eliminating the costly pre-harvest step of cutting the canes (branches) to speed up drying. (Photo…
Agri View: FFA Strong Leadership
…2017-18 National FFA Officer Team Elected at 90th National FFA Convention & Expo National FFA President: Breanna Holbert, California National FFA Secretary: Erica Baier, Iowa National FFA Central Region Vice…
Mexican Fruit Fly Quarantine Issued in San Diego County
…quarantine area can be found on the CDFA website. The last quarantine prompted by Mexican fruit flies in the area consisted of 130 square miles in Valley Center in 2002….
USDA Investing Millions in Wildfire Mitigation and Water Quality Projects Through Joint Chiefs’ Partnership
…– $246,046) New Mexico – Taos Valley Watershed Coalition (Carson National Forest) This project includes 280,000 acres of contiguous landscape including a range of vegetation types from piñon/juniper woodland to…
Mohamed Named Executive Director
The Imperial County Farm Bureau has named Brea Mohamed as their Executive Director. Mohamed, an Imperial Valley native, will assume the position effective Monday January 15, 2018. Mohamed previously worked…
Almond Board: Sanitation a Must for NOW
…other cultural or compatible chemical practices. In contrast to the mid- and southern San Joaquin Valley, navel orangeworms are typically less abundant in the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys,…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 01-08-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Hear about a $1.5 million cattle theft case arrest in the Central Valley and how Tulare…
Organic Milk Sales Lower
…at Organic Valley, the nation’s largest organic dairy cooperative, expects prices to stabilize in 2018 and hopefully improve in 2019, but did not expect the market to take its recent…
Winterkill Likely in Wheat Belt
…is adequate in the northern plains and the northern Midwest. However, an Agriculture Dot Com article says the snow cover is very thin in the central and southern plains as…