…Addendum to cover their crops at a higher price than traditional crops. The Contract Price Addendum allows farmers transitioning to organic production to insure certain crops at their contract price…
National Almond Day
…cinnamon-flavored rice pudding with an almond hidden inside is a Christmas custom. Find it, and good fortune is yours for a year. Consumption of almonds in India is believed to…
Fresh Express $500,000 for Safety Research Campaign
…Top, Inc. Loblaw Companies Limited California Pear Advisory Board California Tomato Farmers Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Giant Eagle, Inc. Monsanto Company * Pasquinelli Produce Company Rice Fruit Company…
Commentary: Farmers Must Stay Engaged in Groundwater Planning
…defined. Permission for use is granted by the California Farm Bureau Federation. Jack Rice is an associate counsel for the California Farm Bureau Federation. He may be reached at jrice@cfbf.com….
Application Deadline for 2016 Conservation Stewardship Program is March 31
…offers many enhancements beneficial to California producers’ stewardship goals. CSP enhancements address forest production and wildlife habitat, soil health on all land uses and migratory and shorebird habitat on rice…
Agri View: China Relations
…tariff rate quotas on imports of cereal grains and focused domestic farm-support policies on production of wheat, rice, and corn. China increased grain output each year during 2004-14, an unprecedented…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
…crop breeding, the world was able to significantly increase the amount of yield per acre for key crops like maize, wheat, and rice. Dubbed the Green Revolution, technological advances helped…
Agri View: Check First
…Fast-Food Chains for Drive-Through Service by Carol Rice, Forbes Contributor Bad customer service when we’re eating out is always a drag. But nothing beats driving away with your bag from…
Agri View: Drones-Technology Driven
…over Japan’s rice fields, is being studied for potential agricultural uses in the United States. In Japan, the RMAX and its predecessor have been used on rice farms for over…
Agri View: Black Rice
…is a very versatile product. There is other rice than just white rice. There is red rice, brown rice, black rice and even pink rice. Black Rice From Wikipedia, the…
Agri View: GMO Where?
…rice, resistance to herbicides). The term “genetically modified organism” does not always imply, but can include, targeted insertions of genes from one species into another. For example, a gene from…
2015 California Leopold Conservation Award Winner Recognized
…biodiversity was taking an unusual approach to managing wild rice fields. After harvest, they began tilling the stubble into the soil and keeping their fields covered in water year-round. The…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…bales, was carried forward from last month. American Pima harvested area, at 154.3 thousand acres, was carried forward from last month. RICE: California’s 2015 rice crop forecast at 35.3 million…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…a specified threshold, with the intention of bringing the price of Japan’s pork imports up to the higher domestic price. Because Japan is highly protective of its pork industry, in…