…a nomination. It’s okay to brag about good land stewardship.” “Good intentions and luck take no farmer down the road to profitability and improved land health. Leopold Conservation Award recipients…
Easy Ways to Help Psyllid Management
…says they are seeing two problems as they gear up for ACP area-wide treatments. Experts need accurate information on land ownership so they can contact growers when needed. Atkins says…
Top-Four Myths of the California Drought
…square miles) of fallowed land this year. These cutbacks will not only impact agricultural lands, but also the terrestrial habitat lands (such as wildlife refuges and managed wetlands) that are…
Citrus Industry This Week: Citrus Nutrition Keys; Grower on Land Values
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes the “four Rs” of citrus nutrition and a grower’s viewpoint on land values. Want to learn more? Click here to…
USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture
…and incentive-based: Farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners are stewards of the land. USDA has a track record of successful conservation though voluntary programs designed to provide technical assistance for…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…of eroded soil into the seas also carry industrial, municipal, agricultural and livestock waste–some of it toxic. Soil Loss of soil productivity, which is causing extensive land abandonment, is a…
Hungry Pest
Giant African Land Snail April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month. Cathy Isom fills us in on some ways we can keep the PESTS away from your plants…
Citrus Industry This Week: Land Prices and Trends; Steam Thermotherapy
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes details on citrus land values throughout Florida and an update on steam use in the grove for treating HLB. Want to learn…
The Western View: The Farmer’s Daughter
…crowd. “We just sent a note out about Land of Lakes. They’d been targeted lately by some of the anti-GMO organizations. So we wanted to do something just to support…
Atwater FFA Competes Towards A Strong Finish
…team consisting of Julie Dailey, Daryl Dorsey, Christina Aguilar, and Shoua Thao. The Land judging team placed 2nd overall and was led by Juan Hurtado (3rd overall), Gabby England (5th…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…be told—not asked—to cut back. They may see parks, highway medians and other large landscapes turn brown. As our fellow Californians pay new or more intense attention to the drought,…
Deadline Approaching for Additional Dairy Proposals
The deadline is approaching for comments on the push to get California in a federal milk marketing order. Sabrina Hill has more. Milk Marketing Order California Dairies Inc., Land O’…
2015 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural lands and Wetlands Due May 15
…include cropland, rangeland, nonindustrial private forestland, pastureland, grasslands of special environmental significance and options focused on areas of high sage-grouse populations. Approved agricultural easements would prevent productive working lands from…
OpEd from Assemblyman Adam Gray on Water Restrictions
…cost 17,100 people their jobs. This is not to mention the other problems associated with the drought such as land subsidence of over a foot annually from groundwater pumping. In…