…pesticides, these could include quarantines, control methods, outreach and research. “We have put in a farm-bill request to do a trapping program for exotic palm pests, which would include South…
Pesticide Conversations Already Happening with Schools
Newly proposed rules about the use of pesticides near schools could be just more hoops to jump through for producers. Many areas say growers are already having those pesticide conversations….
Funding to Ensure Access to Needed Veterinary Services
…school loans in return for serving in areas lacking sufficient veterinary resources critical to America’s food safety, food security, and to the health and well-being of animals and humans. The…
Lab System Aims to Protect State’s Livestock
…Food Safety Laboratory System, a program within the University of California School of Veterinary Medicine that serves as the front line for surveillance of emerging animal diseases that could wreak…
Agri View: World’s Best
…I’m Everett Griner. Video from: Shawn Haney Here’s a soybean school interview with yield champ grower Randy Dowdy. We’re discussing how he grew a world record 171 bushels per acre….
GMO Article Paints Incomplete Picture
The American Soybean Association (ASA) responded to an article from The New York Times Saturday calling into question the pesticide use and yield data over the 20-year history of GMO…
Future of Our Agricultural Community
…her career as an intern agriculture teacher with Chico High School. Kristen Fernandez, summer intern with CDFA’s Inspection Services Division Hannah Garrett, summer intern with CDFA’s Inspection Services Division The…
Bayer CEO Defends Monsanto Acquisition
…million global crop seeds and pesticide industry over the past 12 months. The European Union antitrust reviews are currently going on for deals involving Syngenta and ChemChina as well as…
2016 Profiles in Leadership Award Recipient Honored
…She has been deeply involved with the foundation, program and Alumni Council since 2005. She has also served in leadership positions for agricultural organizations and school and youth groups. “Deanna…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…coordinate pesticide treatments are currently in play in much of the San Joaquin Valley, but challenges remain in early detection of the disease. In Southern California areas where psyllids are…
Improve Energy Efficiency, Adopt Renewable Energy Systems
…them is GrandyOats, an organic foods company located in a former elementary school in Hiram, Maine. In 2015, it received a $20,000 REAP grant to install a renewable energy system….
Los Angeles Schools Reconsider Flavored Milk
The Los Angeles Unified School District last week voted to loosen restrictions on flavored milks in school. The 6-1 vote allows chocolate and strawberry milk back into the city’s public…
Agriculture in the Classroom: Two Tulare County Teachers Team Up
…and second-grade students. Julie Cates, sixth grade teacher at Linwood Elementary in Visalia Last school year was Cates’ first year teaching. She teaches sixth grade at Linwood Elementary in Visalia,…
Rooftop Wheat
…after school program for students. Of the 1,000 square feet dedicated to the wheat (the rest of the roof is for other crops), the wheat was processed locally and produced…