…production during the transition period. NRCS encourages any agricultural producer or forest landowner to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in fiscal year 2024. They can provide…
Survey Highlights Grape Industry Needs
…Control Advisors, Certified Crop Advisors, and industry representatives. Growers were predominantly table and raisin farmers, with a few involved in winegrape production. “The reason that I did the needs assessment…
AgNet News Hour, Tuesday, 05-07-24
…treatment helps improve organic strawberry production. Tune in for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous AgNet News Hour episodes… Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media,…
Particular Soil Treatment Helps Organic Strawberry Production
Organic strawberry growers in California can enhance yields and plant health through anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), a technique pioneered through UC Cooperative Extension research. Initially developed to combat soil-borne pathogens…
Almond Acreage Declines for First Time in Decades
…almond orchards will be removed by the end of the current crop year. Kern, Fresno, and Stanislaus counties are estimated to experience the largest amount of removed acreage. Land IQ’s…
Week in Review: Marginal Increases to Water Allocations & New Bird Flu Guidelines
…of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The Specialty Crops Security Act of 2024 seeks to bolster the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program by increasing its annual authorization from $85 million to…
Farm Bill Frameworks Receiving Significant Industry Support
Industry groups and agricultural organizations are rallying behind the newly proposed farm bill frameworks from the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committees. The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) has…
House and Senate Agriculture Committees Release Farm Bill Overview
…the American farmer and viable pathways to funding those commitments,” Thompson explained in a news release. Both proposals aim to adjust reference prices, potentially expand crop insurance, and allow farmers…
USDA Seeks to Reduce Chicken-Related Salmonella Outbreaks
…so many positive ways. In the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all…
AgNet News Hour, Monday, 04-29-24
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Sabrina Halvorson. Today’s show highlights a critical crop protection material available for Central Valley tomato growers, disappointment in…
Bill Seeks to Bolster the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Legislation has been introduced to help better support the specialty crop industry. The Specialty Crops Security Act of 2024 seeks to bolster the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP), increasing…
Bayer Leads New Alliance to Protect Glyphosate Use
More than 60 agricultural organizations have formed a new coalition aimed at safeguarding American farmers’ access to essential crop protection tools. Led by Bayer, the Modern Ag Alliance advocates for…
Voices of the Valley: The Nuts and Bolts of Almonds with Stuart Woolf, President and CEO of Woolf Farming & Processing
…production. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Stuart Woolf, President and CEO of Woolf Farming & Processing and Chair of the Western Growers Board of Directors, joins Western…
USDA Confirms Cow-to-Cow Transmission of HPAI in Dairy Outbreak
…the animals that are in their fourth and fifth lactation are not often recovering to their full production capacity, and they are being culled, which is putting a lot of…