California growers are told to keep an eye on Sacramento. Sabrina Hill has the story. Click to open or download audio report. Fresno County Farm Bureau Executive Director Ryan Jacobsen…
Little Improvement for California Rangelands
…mix. Click to open or download audio report. While several states are seeing big improvements to their pastures and rangelands, California is still on the downside. However, over much of…
Fighting Food Loss
…Protection Agency have teamed up their efforts to fight food loss by launching the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Susan Carter has the story. Click to open or download audio report….
Labor Shortages in Fresno County
Labor shortages are affecting growers in the nation’s number one agriculture county,Fresno, and it could get worse in the months to come. Sabrina Hill talks with Fresno County Farm Bureau…
New Technology in Agriculture, Part Two
Sabrina Hill continues our two-part series on technology in agriculture. Click to open or download audio report. We talked with the president of California Ag Solutions, Monte Bottens about the…
Rain Slows Some Corn Planting
…enough rain and this year it’s too much rain is causing problems for corn farmers in the Western Corn Belt. Susan Carter reports. Click to open or download audio report….
Support for Senate Immigration Bill
As the Senate immigration reform bill gets closer to floor action, another group is speaking in support of the legislation. Cindy Zimmerman reports. Click to open or download audio report….
Grower Experience with No-Till Methods
…“It’s my two years into it with Danny,” Guido said. “Planting cover crops was our first experience and then slowly getting rotations and breaking rotations from cannery tomatoes and planting…
New Technology in Agriculture, Part One
Technology moves at lightning speeds, so how can agriculture keep up? Sabrina Hill takes a look. Click to open or download audio report. Technological advances are happening quickly in any…
USDA May Price Report
The new price report shows more losses for wheat and corn, but stronger livestock prices during this past month. Gary Crawford has more. Click to open or download audio report….
Working to Keep Markets Open for U.S. Wheat
U.S. agricultural officials say they are doing everything possible to keep markets for U.S. wheat open. Gary Crawford reports. Click to open or download audio report….
No-Till Cotton Production
…the springtime would do a series of pre-plant tillage operations from their field. Maybe three or four, maybe five tillage events. For every one of those tillage interventions, we found…
Specialty Crops and the Farm Bill
During the Memorial Day recess, Senate Agriculture Committee chair, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, visited a fruit farm in her home state to talk about specialty crop provisions in the farm…
America’s Milk Habit Studied
A new study has some interesting news about our milk drinking habits. Gary Crawford has more. Click to open or download audio report….