…six of the offspring that were produced by that bull also didn’t grow horns.” The research was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology and all the data has been shared…
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: The Power of Data Through the Supply Chain
…the flexible platform can capture data in different ways, integrate into various systems and connect the dots from harvester to end-user. He will also detail how to leverage rfxcel’s technology…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 10-15-19
…focus on tomato grower issues, management of data in another episode of the Voices of the Valley and California nominations for the Golden Owl. Tune in to the show for…
Fresno County Leads California as Top Agricultural County
…for 2018, followed by Kern County at $7.46 billion, with Tulare County coming in third with $7.21 billion. While not all of the 2018 data has been officially tallied for…
The Changing Demographics of Farming
…and county-level data profiles highlight the changing demographic of agriculture. The data lists a total of nearly 71,000 farms throughout the state of California. More than 42,000 of those farms…
USDA Invests $11M In Research That Will Support Specialty Crop Farmers
…to be evaluated and registered for use. As part of this funding investment, four universities across different U.S. growing regions will lead regional IR-4 programs that will generate additional data…
American Dairy Demand Highest in Five Decades
…to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the last time that per capita demand for dairy products was at its current level was back in 1962. For the past…
‘Increase in Citations’ Expected with Labor Code Changes from AB 1805
…part of the arsenal of data that substantiates the importance and the need of violence in the workplace safety regulations.” Listen to Wolfe’s interview below. About the Author Brian German…
Navel Orange Forecast Down from Last Year
…cartons. Survey data indicated a fruit set per tree of 319, below the five-year average of 366. The forecast takes into account conventional as well as organic production and includes…
Best Practices for Getting Food Products into Retail Outlets
…data to prove that your product is going to bring in sales and help them meet their goal.” Part of that preparation includes making an appointment with a buyer and…
More Time Provided for Dairy Producers to Enroll in DMC Program
…percent premium discount by locking in for five years of margin protection coverage. FSA has launched a new web visualization of the DMC data, which is available here. Margin payments have…
USDA Modernizes Swine Slaughter Inspection for the First Time in Over 50 Years
…is the culmination of a science-based and data-driven rule making process which builds on the food safety improvements made in 1997, when USDA introduced a system of preventive controls for…
Specialty Crops Bolstered Top-Ten Commodity Cash Receipts in 2018
Early data is out for California’s 2018 cash receipts, which shows an increase that’s supported by specialty crops. The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued an initial overview of agriculture…
2019 Enrollment Deadline for the Dairy Margin Coverage Program Is Sept. 20
…five years of margin protection coverage. FSA has launched a new web visualization of the DMC data, which is available here. Margin payments have triggered for each month from January through…