…access to commercial storage or on-farm storage after harvest. These producers can invest in equipment like conveyers, scales or refrigeration units and trucks that can store commodities before delivering them…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…husks of corn plants following harvest) pictured above can be converted to biofuels as well as high-value products such as plastics, chemicals, and fertilizers. Image courtesy of Energy.gov. Biomass is…
Garden by the Moon
It seems more gardeners are turning to the moon for advice on the best time to plant, prune, weed, and harvest. Cathy Isom fills us in on what you should…
Farm Camp
…Holsteins and harvest carrots. The seven options below, which range from half-day sessions to week-long sleep-away adventures, represent the best of the farm set. Riverton, Utah Day campers care for…
Agri View: Robot Tractors and Agriculture
…new world of driverless cars, driverless tractors and other agricultural robots will, in the not too distant future, harvest the food we put on our kitchen tables. In fact, agricultural…
CA Ag Contributes to Food Banks
…reimbursement for harvesting costs. This makes Farm to Family a solution for farmers in addition to benefiting families who may be in need of a little help putting nutritious food…
Citrus Continues to Fund HLB/ACP Research
…(CRB) partnered with the University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to bring the industry the 37 annual Post-harvest Pest Control conference. The event brought researchers from South…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…with beneficial microbes, the BIDA® System will begin processing Fetzer Vineyards’ wastewater during the 2016 harvest season, accruing energy savings up to 85% over current wastewater treatment technologies and optimizing…
Agri View: Drone On
…to planting and harvesting crops. All told, the agricultural robot market is expected to grow to $16.3 billion by 2020 from $817 million in 2013, according to the latest Bank…
Grapefruit, Lemons Tangerines Change in April Crop Forecast
…from last season’s final production. In California the desert harvest is complete. Tangerines – The 2015 – 2016 California tangerine forecast (including mandarins and tangelos) is 44.0 million cartons. Production…
New walnut variety ‘Durham’ released
…walnut issue. By Chuck Leslie, UC Davis Walnut Improvement Program, Dept. of Plant Sciences ‘Durham’ harvests mid-season, earlier than ‘Chandler’, with excellent kernel color, well-filled nuts, large plump kernels that…
Climate Change a Good Thing for Wine?
…only hold true to a point. He notes that in 2003 an extremely dry, warm growing season preceded one of France’s earliest harvests on record. Grape growers were harvesting their…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…Vegetables From: Institute for Agriculture and trade Policy (iatp.org) NAFTA’s Grim Harvest Free Trade and Sustainable Agriculture by Mark Ritchie The U.S.-Canada-Mexico Free Trade Agreement threatens to be a disaster…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…million acres, down 2 percent from last year. A record low for all hay harvested area is expected in California. Nevada hay growers plan to harvest 310 thousand acres, 3…