…growers are not terribly concerned with the technology behind innovation as long as it works in the field. Sponsored Content Fungicide Resistance Management Minute April 3, 2024 Fungicide Resistance Management…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 10-24-22
…highlighting the potential of innovation to address challenges and details on the workshops to help develop the statewide pesticide application notification system. Tune in to the show for these news…
VofV: Global Competition Requires Urgent Supply Chain Tech Innovation
…need for supply chain innovation. The DiMuto AgriFood trade solution was developed in response to these pressures to help growers, exporters, and importers trade with better visibility and easier tracking…
Ag Robotics and Technology Conference Highlights Challenges and Potential
…Resources (UC ANR), the Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation coalition, and multiple universities all helped bring the event together. UC ANR Chief Innovation Officer, Gabe Youtsey said that they received…
MSOB: Biologicals Have an Opportunity in Between Organic and Traditional
…prompt shifts in the development of new materials. “With less innovation and more regulatory challenges, you have more space that is being made for these new approaches, these new biocontrols…
Beginning Farmers Receiving $5 Million in Grant Support
…North Coast Growers Association. Two types of BFFTP grant offerings are available: program planning and curriculum development grants, and program implementation grants. The overall purpose of the BFFTP is to…
$80 Million to Improve Nutrition in School Meals
Photo by Alexander Kovacs on Unsplash The Biden Administration this week provided $50 million in grants for schools to invest in new food service equipment that will allow them to…
Almond Update: One-Stop Shop for Incentive Program Information at TAC
…and figure out even among these agencies if there’s one that’s a better fit or another.” Agencies including the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Natural Resources Conservation Service,…
New Drought Mitigation Funding Announced
…long-term viability of the Colorado River System. IRA funds have been allocated to support a newly created Lower Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program. The program seeks to…
VofV: Jack Vessey on the Pressing Need to Implement Technology in Desert Agriculture
…with less water,” he said. “We’re looking out to see what the next great innovation is…at the end of the day, we have to have water to grow that crop.”…
MSOB: Development of Biologicals Increasing, But Adoption Could Improve
…continues promoting conservation practices, Merrigan said that biologicals could work well within those programs. “I think if we could identify good products, perhaps get them incented for use through our…
Soil Carbon Monitoring Efforts to Expand with $8 Million Investment
…effects that climate-smart agricultural practices have on carbon sequestration,” Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Terry Cosby said in a news release. “Soil health management practices and activities are a…
Almond Update: Achievement Awards to Recognize Industry Contributions
…“Then the Technical Achievement requirement, they have to have some sort of significant research or innovation or an adoption of a practice. So that one typically is a little more…
California’s 30×30 Conservation Plan Moving Forward
…that are protected will fit within the 30×30 parameters. There are also questions about how existing agricultural conservation efforts will be included within the overall 30×30 conservation plan. The strategy…