…Her experience also includes having served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff to Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona. Currently, Montaño Greene serves as Deputy Director for…
Week in Review: Five Percent Water Allocations Disappoint and H-2A Wages Climb to $16
The Bureau of Reclamation has released low initial water allocations for Central Valley Project contractors for 2021 and while the allocations were not a surprise, multiple water agencies expressed disappointment…
Low Initial CVP Allocations Met with Disappointment
The Bureau of Reclamation has released the initial water allocations for Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors for 2021. Low CVP allocations reflect drier than average winter conditions combined with lower…
RENEW WIIN Act Introduced in Congress by Central Valley Lawmaker
…Central Valley Project and State Water Project. It will broaden the authorization of appropriations for water storage projects if found practicable by the Secretary of the Interior. Water agencies such…
Autonomous Weeders Showing Promise in Lettuce Fields
…in the seedlines. The project looked at the performance of the Naio Dino platform and the FarmWise Titan in romaine lettuce fields. Results indicated that both pieces of equipment were…
Farmworker COVID Safety Project Launched Through UC Davis
The University of California, Davis, have launched a farmworker COVID safety project with a multitude of partners. Funded by a $3 million contract, the COVID-19 Statewide Agriculture and Farmworker Education…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 02-09-21
…of closures of the food industry continuing during the pandemic. Brian German has the details on an NRCS carbon footprint study and a new project to help protect farmworkers from…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 02-08-21
…and the benefits of engaging with the national trust protocol, nutrient management project funding, and the details on the AgSafe Conference which begins next week. Tune in to the show for…
Citrus Survey Part of Larger Ongoing Research Project
…are primarily interested in how industry members make management decisions and what types of information they base their decisions on. The survey is part of a broader project funded by…
Research Network to Take Comprehensive Look at Bee Health
…Entomology at UC Riverside and principal investigator of the project. “There are 16 different projects in that grant, but I think generally you can separate that into three major kinds…
Almond Update: Make This Season’s Bloom as Successful as 2020
…breaking. Watch Lewis’s session at the 2020 Virtual Almond Conference below. Get more information about the Pollinator Partnership’s Bee Friendly Farming program and Project Apis m.‘s Seeds for Bees program…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 01-26-21
…more, combatting HLB with a collaborative project, and how a biostimulant council aims to strengthen clarity in the industry. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features…
MSOB: Entomopathogenic Fungi in a Rotational Program
…discusses using entomopathogenic fungi in a rotational system. Kansas State Entomology Professor Raymond Cloyd said the fungi can be used in many types of integrated pest management approaches. The fungi…
MSOB: Worms in Space, How Nematodes Might Help Space Exploration
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have recently sent beneficial nematodes on an interstellar expedition. With more and longer space travel in the foreseeable future, the project aimed to…