…food safety. Another step in orchard management – weed control. Finally, as growers prepare for harvest, Jizmejian gives a reminder to keep dust under control, and the neighbors in mind….
Hog Plan
Everett Griner talks about the reduction of feral hogs is happening in today’s Agri View. Hog Plan…
CDFA Announces 2015 Funding For The State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP)
…agricultural operations. The funding is made available through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the proceeds of California’s greenhouse gas Cap and Trade program. Agricultural operations can apply for funding up…
Governor’s May Revise Budget Doubles-Down on CDFA Drought and Climate Change Programs
…the estimated greenhouse gas reduction is 2.1 million metric tons. We’ll be able to leverage that success impressively with this new funding. CDFA’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program would…
USDA Announces $235 Million Available for Innovative New Conservation Partnerships
…depend, their populations will grow. Another project, “The Tri-State Western Lake Erie Basin Phosphorous Reduction Initiative” brings together more than 40 partnering organizations from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana to reduce…
Gov. Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
…California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 – the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any government in North America to reduce dangerous carbon emissions…
Top-Four Myths of the California Drought
…of water received in the state (California Water Plan 2013, Volume 1, page 3-31 and 3-32). 2) Unlike urban water users who have just received a mandatory 25% reduction in…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…unrest, leading to social, economic and environmental collapse. Success in this global endeavor will require a great reduction in violence and war. Resources now devoted to the preparation and conduct…
Almond Board: Alternaria Severity Model
…says alternaria is a foliar disease that generally effects older leaves. It can lead to defoliation, bud reduction and bud deformation. He says when alternaria is discovered, there is a…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
…from remote sites to develop the water supply forecasts. The April 1 Snowpack Map shows the dramatic, early reduction in snowpack across the West. NRCS monitors conditions year-round and will…
Dairy Digester Research and Development Program Accepting Proposals for Research
…million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to provide financial assistance for the installation of dairy digesters and research that will result in reduced greenhouse gas (methane) emissions. An estimated…
CDFA Announces Public Meeting
…Phase II (Research) of its new Dairy Digester Research and Development Program, authorized by the Budget Act of 2014. CDFA was appropriated $12 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund…
Western View: Salinas’ own National Steinbeck Center
…books in the 1960s. Not everyone liked his work. “The Grapes of Wrath,” long considered his masterpiece, was not well received by the corporate farm owners or the Dust Bowl…
Kern Ag Community Continues to Promote Successful Spray Safe Effort
…a marked reduction in drift incidents,” said Kern County Ag Commissioner Ruben Arroyo who noted that since 2006, when SpraySafe was first launched in Kern County resulting in a dramatic…