…as cheatgrass could move in and overtake the landscape, creating a fire hazard. “If you’ve taken one of the tools—grazing—off the table, then you’ve hampered your ability to control that…
Scope of New Olive Disease
…Sacramento Valley, right now we have not yet detected it on table olives although I do have some samples getting looked at. In the oil olives, the symptoms are very…
Seed to Table
…on This Land of Ours. Seed to Table 9 Plants that Provide Food — Seed to Table — in Under Two Months One of the hardest parts for beginning gardeners,…
New Oil Olive Disease in California?
…in olives up until recently. We are now surveying across the state and trying to see what we are dealing with.” Courtesy: F. Trouillas. More research is needed before experts…
IndexBox Marketing: Orange Market In Crisis
…and the support of the industry at state level. While global consumption of concentrated orange juice experienced a significant decline, the demand for fresh oranges decreased slightly. The following table…
New Olive Growing Cost Studies
…study focuses on producing table olives with the Manzanillo variety. The other study focuses on establishing a super-high-density orchard and producing olives for oil, using the Arbequina variety. The cost…
Almond Forecast Up
…progresses to the end of the terminal branch. Using a random number table, one branch is selected at each forking to continue the path. A branch’s probability of selection is…
Pacific Region Egg and Poultry Report
…and 2,433 in May 2015. U.S. May Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.52 billion during May 2016, up 5 percent from last year. Production included 7.36 billion table…
Climate Smart Israel
…technology companies who are doing business in California. It was one of the most successful networking events I’ve ever seen – the conversations were non-stop all around the table and…
2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…food hubs, community supported agriculture programs (CSAs), farm-to-table restaurants and farmers’ markets. To become more inclusive of rural businesses, this year we have removed the requirement that businesses be located…
New ‘Homegrown’ Blog
…the perspective of producers. The gap between urban and rural Americans is growing, and many Americans may not understand how the food on their table gets from the farm to…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…put food on the table for millions of families experiencing hardship. The program has never been more critical to the fight against hunger. Nearly half of SNAP participants are children,…
Pacific Region, Poultry Report
…and 2,352 in April 2015. U.S. April Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.21 billion during April 2016, down 1 percent from last year. Production included 7.10 billion table…
Impacts of Food Waste
…to put food on the table every day, tackling food waste is, and should be, a non-partisan issue that will be most successful by engaging everyone involved, from field to…