…produce and harvest romaine hearts and organic spinach in the Central Coast Region – Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties – are presented in these studies. The analysis is…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship
…Cox Memorial Scholarship Fund and a $2,000 contribution from American AgCredit. To be eligible for the scholarships, students must live in Santa Cruz County or within the Pajaro Valley Unified…
Vine Mealybug More Challenging to Treat
…type of grape, and harvest date: •Coastal regions only have two to three generations of vine mealybug per year, compared to five to seven in the lower San Joaquin Valley….
Almond Board: Almond Spraying During Wet Years
…to pollinate the crop. California beekeepers alone cannot supply this critical need, which is why honey bees are transported across the country to the San Joaquin Valley each year. Managing…
El Nino Could Bring Vine Mealybug Relief
…same location. Cooperative Extension Specialist Kent Daane says the Central Valley may have even seen an eighth generation this last year due to the dry and warm winters of the…
Agri View: Pecan Crop
…by Joshua Feig Ever wonder how Pecans are harvested? This Video will show you how! Here in Green Valley, we use the latest and greatest in farming equipment technology to…
Ag Leadership Class to Present Poverello House with $100,000 Donation
…which will provide hot meals and fresh produce to rural communities in the San Joaquin Valley. Drawing on their experience in foodservice and resource management, the Poverello House will operate…
Snowpack: What a Difference a Year Makes
…wet conditions in northern Washington and central Utah. View the 7-day total precipitation map. Month-to-Date The national month-to-date precipitation percent of average map shows large areas of below normal precipitation…
21 Groundwater Basins Identified as Critically Overdrafted
…2016. DWR released a draft list of basins in critical overdraft last August, holding a public meeting in the Central Valley, a statewide webcast, and 30-day public comment period in…
Four Californians Selected to Air Quality Task Force
…Manuel F. Cunha, Jr., Nisei Farmers League Samir Sheikh, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Colorado Jeff Collett, Colorado State University Jon Slutsky, Producer Idaho April Leytem, USDA Agricultural…
State Water Project Allocation Boosted
…for the date. Shasta Lake north of Redding, California’s and the federal Central Valley Project’s (CVP) largest reservoir, was holding 2,138,566 acre-feet, 47 percent of its 4.5 million acre-foot capacity…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
By Natasha Geiling from thinkprogress.org Though it’s just an hour south of California’s Silicon Valley, the Salinas Valley — better known for churning out lettuce and tomatoes than the world’s…
Agri View: Cheese Flavors
…inherent supply of rennet. There is no conclusive evidence indicating where cheese-making originated, either in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, or Sahara. Cheese-making had spread within Europe at the…
USDA Investments Make Big Impact for Rural America in 2015
…a result of a USDA Rural Development loan to the Valley Telephone Cooperative. Adult learners in Raymondville are taking advantage of web-based education programs thanks to their new high-speed Internet…