…focus, recently launched a spin-off targeted even more specifically at beginners. Williams-Sonoma, ostensibly a kitchenware retailer, started selling beekeeping equipment in 2012. Even Costco carries hives these days. Read more….
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…farm, planting more acreage, purchasing more equipment, or growing new or different produce. “Any additional money that Market Match brings goes straight back into the poor rural areas of California,”…
Agri View: Thieves Strike Again
…left behind by the bandit. Matthews said a gallon of syrup weighs about 11 pounds. He speculated that loading equipment and carts from the shop were used to haul the…
Agri View: Dairy Farming Changes
…milking machines, tuberculin tests for cattle, pasteurization equipment, refrigerated milk tank cars, and automatic bottling machines contributed towards making milk a healthful and commercially viable product. Widespread use of the…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…equipment. “If they can learn how to shear sheep correctly, it’s a great little business to get into,” Harper said. The need for skilled sheep shearers in California and other…
Signup for Cotton Producers Starts June 20
…result of low cotton prices and global oversupply, cotton producers are facing economic uncertainty that has led to many producers having lost equity and having been forced to liquidate equipment…
Cuba Wants Credit to Increase Food Production
…Cuba needs new equipment as many farmers are using Caterpillar, John Deere and Massey Ferguson farm equipment that were imported before the 1959 revolution. Financing exports to Cuba, even of…
California Farmers Count Every Drop
…measure the actual evapotranspiration in an individual farm field – but, until recently, that required equipment that was too costly for most producers. A new, cheaper sensor technology called surface…
John Deere Tightens Leasing Terms
Deere and Company announced it has tightened conditions for equipment leasing as lower farm incomes are leading farmers to lease rather than purchase equipment. Dow Jones reports that the fall…
Microscopes Focus on Shot Hole Borer
An equipment upgrade at a southern California cooperative Extension office will lead to research looking at how and why shot hole borers move through a tree. Microscopes Focus on Shot…
Jordan Ag Center Opens Doors
…while using the latest research methods and equipment. The generosity of the Jordan family will allow future generations of students to achieve their dreams and enhance quality of life for…
Vacancy on the Rendering Industry Advisory Board
…personnel Rate and collection of license fees and penalties Acquisition and use of equipment Posting and noticing changes in bylaws, general procedures, or orders All matters pertaining to Food and…
Almond Update: EQIP Program
…almond and walnut growers who adopt harvest equipment shown to reduce particulate matter (dust). Eligible equipment is limited to specific harvesters proven through peer-reviewed demonstration trials at Texas A&M to…
Agri View: Ornamental Fish
…and aquarium equipment technology have further facilitated the hobby. There is a popular and rapidly expanding trend in the hobby to establish marine reef mini-ecosystems within the aquarium. Reef tanks…