…good crops for 100 years or more. So people like the Cripe family near Stockton and Brian Blain in Visalia began experimenting. Working with UC advisor Steve Sibbett, Blain discovered…
Nationwide USDA Organic Survey Underway
…Code) requires all producers who receive a form to respond and requires NASS to keep all individual information confidential. Recipients are required to respond by mail by Feb. 13, 2015…
Farm Bill and ARC/PLC Decision Aid Tool Workshops
…questions. Registration: Click Here to Register! Jan. 30, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Heidrick Ag History Museum, 1962 Hays Lane, Woodland, CA 95776 Feb. 2, 2015, 9:00 a.m….
Atwater FFA Students Advance to Regional Speaking Finals
The Atwater High School FFA joined 120 FFA members, representing thirteen high school agriculture programs in the Merced-Mariposa FFA Public Speaking Sectional at Merced College January 24. The “top 4”…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…Tuesday, February 24, 2015. To apply electronically, visit http://www.grants.gov or contact a local NRCS office. Today’s announcement was made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill. The 2014 Farm Bill builds…
Silicon Valley Bank Foresees Breakout Year Ahead for U.S. Fine Wine Business
…14%-18% range in 2015. • Pricing: While the large supply of wines in the cellars should normally indicate continued depressed pricing, SVB believes 2015 will be a year of both…
Red Palm Weevil Eradicated from California
Courtesy: UCANR Effective January 18, 2015, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is declaring eradication of red palm weevil (RPW) from the Laguna Beach area of Orange County,…
UC Makes Gains in Rebuilding its Extension Service
…approved hiring another 29 advisors and 16 specialists for the 2015-16 cycle, out of 123 position proposals last year. “So we turned the corner for the first time in this…
Use of Fumigant to Face Additional State Restrictions
…but intends to put them into effect as soon as possible by providing interim permit conditions for the county agricultural commissioners to implement at the local level,” DPR Director Brian…
2015 Walnut Show in Yuba City
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Tomato Processors Expect to Contract 15 Million Tons in 2015
The USDA-NASS California Field Office surveyed the State’s tomato processors for their intended contract acreage and tonnage for the upcoming 2015 season. The data reported by processors was either tonnage…
Assemblymember Gray: “FFA Funding Safe and Sound in Governor’s Proposed Budget”
Adam Gray After a successful fight to preserve state funds for FFA last year, Assemblymember Adam C. Gray (D-Merced), expressed his pleasure that Governor Brown’s proposed budget maintains funding for…
Western Mountain Snow-Pack Forecast
USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, recaps the latest Western mountain snowpack forecast – the first for 2015. Western Mountain Snow-Pack Forecast…
