Plans are well underway for Madera County’s annual Pomegranate Festival. The Madera Chamber of Commerce Tourism Alliance Committee organizes the event each year, and is currently looking for sponsors as…
DWR Announces Groundwater Assistance Grants
…local agencies in managing groundwater in California. DWR received 98 applications requesting $23.6 million in grant funding for project costs exceeding $32.3 million. Based on Technical Advisory Panel recommendations, DWR…
Farm-Only Farm Bill a Possibility
…and other nutrition programs that were in the bill. In a previous interview, Congressman Jim Costa of California told AgNet West he thought splitting the Farm Bill was a bad…
Heat Illness Prevention
…to open or download audio report It’s suspected the 30-year-old farm worker died last week from heat illness he suffered while picking watermelons in Fresno County. Growers and labor contractors…
Declines in Pasture and Rangeland Conditions
The western half of the country, especially California, is seeing further declines in the condition of pastures and rangelands. Gary Crawford has more. Click to open or download audio report…
CDFA Taking Applications for China/Vietnam Trip
Have you ever wanted to go to China? The California Department of Food and Agriculture is taking applications from small businesses to be a part of their California Agricultural Trade…
Citrus Expo E-news: Future Psyllid Control
California citrus growers are invited to attend the World’s Premier Citrus Expo on August 14-15 in Fort Myers, Florida. One of the many seminar topics will be the future of…
AgNeTVideo: OAN Program For California Farmers And Ranchers
The OAN Program can help farmers and ranchers around the state get back items that were stolen from them. Ag theft is an increasing problem, with farmers and ranchers losing…
Bacterial Spot in Almonds
…that growers have stopped using them. It was recently discovered in an orchard in California and is causing concern for growers here. Signs of bacterial spot start out as large…
Will AF36 Work in Almonds?
…are working to see if the same is true for almond crops. Dr. Themis Michailides is a researcher with the University of California at the Kearney Ag Research Center. He…
OAN Program Helps California Farmers
…2006 Arctic Cat vehicle was stolen in Sutter County. Other missing items this year include John Deer Gators, trailers, metal pipes, fertilizer and just about anything you can imagine. But…
Marijuana and California Agriculture: Part Six
Sabrina Hill completes our series on illegal marijuana grows and the problems they can cause for the state’s farmers with final thoughts from Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims. Click to…
AgNeTVideo: Almond Board Announces New Harvest and Stockpiling Guidelines
Bob Curtis, Associate Director of Agricultural Affairs of the Almond Board of California discusses new guidelines for harvest and stockpiling of almonds. For more information, including a link to the…
Almond Harvest and Stockpiling Standards
…download audio report The Almond Board of California has released new guidelines on storage and stockpiling of almonds. Work on the project began back in 2007. The Almond Board’s Associate…
