…Santa Clara Valley Water District is a key partner for the design and realignment of Calabazas and San Tomás Aquino Creeks, which will reconnect watersheds to the baylands and reduce…
USDA Issues Sour Egg Board Report
…an Agricultural Marketing Service review after Egg Board emails became public. Politico reports the emails appeared to show a coordinated campaign against San Francisco-based Hampton Creek and its egg-less mayo….
Aged Cows Top the International Guernsey Show
…Fall Yearling Heifer (not in milk): Milk Jugs Spider Cutie Pie, Alexis Williams, Mabel, Minn. Adams Creek Maxim Nilla, Alyssa & Kate Nuttleman, Bangor, Wis. Junior Champion Female: Adams Creek…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…power plant owned by Hat Creek Construction. The company said it plans to acquire a contract under a mandate established under a 2012 law that requires electric corporations to procure…
Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Report
…vegetation and fallow fields for BLH populations and fall host plants in Firebaugh, Mendota, Huron, Five Points, Three Rocks, Cantua Creek, and Coalinga. Fallow fields were identified and mapped from…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…Packing in Finley is now the only one packing for the fresh market, after Adobe Creek in Kelseyville closed its packing facility last year. Availability of harvest employees continues to…
Wal-Mart donated $1 Million for Conservation Efforts by Rice Farmers
…and C.B. Pennington Foundation, RiceTec, BASF, American Rice, Inc. – Riviana Foods, Inc., Wells Fargo, Farmers Rice Milling Company, Horizon Ag, Turner’s Creek & Bombay Hook Farms and MacDon Industries….
NIFA Announces Funding
…waste product of well-managed forests; and research by Stony Creek Colors (USDA Blog) that developed indigo as a substitute cash crop that can be grown by tobacco farmers to produce…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantines
…miles and is bordered on the north by Pesante Road; on the south by the Salinas River; on the west by Castroville Road; and on the east by Gabilan Creek….
Farming from the Heart- Cal Poly Student’s Forestry Insight
Corryn talked to Cal poly student Tori Norville at Big Creek Lumber earlier this month. Tori is on the Cal Poly Loggers team. She spoke to us about the forestry…
Western View: Use a Plow, Go to Jail?
…across a dry vernal pool, which might possibly drain into a creek miles away, then that dirt has been turned loose onto the environment, and it is potentially contaminating the…
EPA Announces Award to Protect Northern California Watersheds
…Creek and the Klamath River for Salmon, Wildlife and People – $100,000 is awarded to the Western Rivers Conservancy, based in Portland, Oregon, to implement long-term watershed protection plans, sell…
Farming from the Heart- Cal Poly Loggers
Last Saturday Corryn stopped by Big Creek Lumber in Paso Robles, California to talk to the Cal Poly Logging Team about their sport. This fun interview shed light on how…
Beet Curly Top Virus Report
…in Fresno County, starting in the southern most fields, from Zapatos Canyon working north to Panoche Creek. Panoche and Tumey Hills had an abundance of peppergrass, filaree, and Plantago. The…