…level, however, the decrease in acreage has been offset by substantial growth in average yield. The survey data shows that planted acreage for the fall planting season was four percent…
NRCS Plant Guides Help Landowners With Their Planting Projects
(USDA/NRCS) — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through the PLANTS Database provides conservation plant information to conservation planners, researchers, and others using plants in their natural resource conservation projects. The…
Ag Groups Urge Action After Adverse Effect Wage Rate Increase
…required to pay workers and those in corresponding employment the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), an inflated wage rate produced using flawed survey data that does not take into account…
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Leveraging Worldwide Data to Stay Competitive in Markets, Part 2
…worldwide data to stay competitive in markets and insights she’s acquired while working in the industry. She also addresses how technology has impacted businesses and how AgTools can reduce margins…
A Go-To Foundational Fungicide For Tomato Growers
…signs. You can see the data compared on page two of this Rhyme fungicide fact sheet. Rhyme fungicide is labeled for use in drip irrigation systems, giving you the convenience…
Almond Update: Reviewing Goals for 2020
The California Almond Sustainability Program (CASP) is celebrating its tenth-year of collecting data and helping the industry be better stewards of the land. 2019 was a critical year for the…
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Leveraging Worldwide Data to Stay Competitive in Markets, Part 1
…data helps companies stay competitive in markets. She also explains how the data provided through AGTools allows for full transparency across the entire supply chain while preventing farmers from spending…
Almond Update: Looking Back, and Forward, During Holiday Season
The Almond Industry weathered several challenges in 2019 and had some landmark wins. Almond Board of California (ABC) President and CEO Richard Waycott recounts the industry developing actionable data for…
The Almond Conference Hits Record Highs
…toward them by participating in CASP,” King said. “The comparative data in CASP allows us to improve our operations as growers by learning and continually improving. CASP and the information…
Broadband Map Fix Will Reveal Needs
…(DATA) Act (H.R. 4229) requires broadband providers to report more specific data to create a significantly more accurate and granular National Broadband Map. With more precise data, federal agencies can…
Proceeding with Caution in Hemp Industry
…Board that there were 591 registrants for hemp in 32 different counties as of December 3. While the data is incomplete as to how many acres of hemp have been…
Almond Matters: Reviewing the 2019 Season and Prepping for 2020
…really interesting is if you look at data from a lot of our trial work, even within the same field there is a tremendous amount of variability as you move…
Almond Update: Solid State of the Industry, Call to Action Moving Forward
…that will be provided for the entire industry as a whole. “Yes, you need to spend some time inputting the data into the modules, but it has the potential to…
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Technology and Food Safety, Part 1
…into the need for rapid development of immediate detection and building a system that simultaneously harnesses and analyzes food safety data while protecting grower information. Taylor-Silva also touches on the…