…as other federal, state, and county agencies to ensure California continues producing food for the country and the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. California already has some of the most…
Addressing Activist Groups Coming onto Farms and Ranches
…occurs. Stanislaus County Sheriff Jeff Dirkse explained that protestors are allowed to take pictures and protest around an agricultural operation; however, there they are not allowed to physically come onto…
USDA Investing $1 Million in California Water Quality Improvements and Wildfire Mitigation
…Collaborative within the Six Rivers National Forest in Del Norte County, completing a network of fuelbreaks to protect the wildland-urban interface within approximately 8,700 acres. The USDA agencies will also…
The Western View: New Water Rules Spell Disaster
…lose as many as 85,000 full-time jobs and $2.1 billion in employee wages. Tax revenues will suffer. There will be $242 million in lost city and county tax revenue and…
Ag Order 4.0 ‘Will Change the Way We Farm’
…minimum nitrogen that you have to apply to crops,” said Brent Burchett, Executive Director of the San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau. “This is a pretty crazy standard in that…
DPR Takes Enforcement Action on Coastal Grower
…compliance with labeling requirements.” Aside from the enforcement on the Santa Barbara County grower who grew the fruit, the investigation also led DPR and the Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner…
2020 “Growing Together” Black Farmer Conference with Urban Farmers to be Held February 29
…a dozen resource booths. The registration website can be found at http://www.wfresnofrc.org/BlackFarmersConference. The West Fresno Family Resource Center was established in 2001, West Fresno Health Care Coalition (DBA: West Fresno…
Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit to Focus on Leveraging Innovation Through Skilled Workforce
…panel will center on a “New Kind of Worker.” Panel participants are Dr. Deneen Guss, superintendent of the Monterey County Office of Education; Nancy Gutierrez, agriculture project coordinator at Reedley…
Golden State Dairy Management Conference Coming Up in March
The 2020 Golden State Dairy Management Conference is coming up soon at the UC Cooperative Extension Stanislaus County Ag Center in Modesto. The March 4th event brings industry members together…
Live, Adult Spotted Lanternfly Found in California
…find and have avoided an infestation. The pest was originally found in 2014, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Fourteen counties are now under SLF quarantine in the state and the USDA…
IPM Achievement Award Winners Announced
…control method in orchards. The West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District – This organization is receiving an award for its leadership in community outreach. Located in San Bernardino County,…
Deadline for Conservation Reserve Program General Signup is Feb. 28
…county office or visit fsa.usda.gov/crp. To locate your local FSA office, visit farmers.gov/service-locator. Source: USDA/Farm Service Agency Sponsored Content Fungicide Resistance Management Minute April 3, 2024 Fungicide Resistance Management Minute March 28,…
2020 World Ag Expo Opens with AFBF President Zippy Duvall
…as populations continue to grow and food supplies will need to grow with them. The day prior Duvall was able to tour several agricultural operations in Fresno County, marking the…
Relationships and Service Bring NRCS Conservationist State, National Honors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVVv55iI89c Emma Chow is the Santa Barbara County district conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This is Chow’s second go-around at the Santa Maria office, coming back to…