A Valent-sponsored project followed a Fresno County almond grower’s harvest from shaking the trees to loaded and ready for the huller. This video, produced by Len Wilcox and David Hillman,…
Progress Reported on Planning for Sites Reservoir
…the project was one of a handful of high-benefit water projects listed as a priority in the CALFED Bay-Delta Program’s record of decision in 2000. The deep economic recession, followed…
Ag Land May Be Key to Replenishing Aquifers
A water project through University of California (UC) Davis is looking at using agriculture land to help replenish groundwater levels. Several trials are going on throughout the state looking to…
Valley’s Gold Season 3 Premieres September 9 on ValleyPBS
…am. Thirteen all-new episodes will be aired in consecutive weeks. This season’s topics include horses, artichokes, aquaculture, irrigation technologies and more. Viewers will learn about and experience a close-up look…
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine in Portions of L. A. County
…mainland of southern Asia and neighboring islands including Sri Lanka and Taiwan, and has invaded other areas, most notably Africa and Hawaii. Residents with questions about the project may call…
The Western View: Funding Site for Small Ag
…or so – and the reward to the investor is a big thank-you and a chance to share in their dream. It’s a way for people with a little extra…
Dairy Drip System Automatically Adjusts Nitrogen
The dairy drip project looking at using lagoon water through drip tape adjusts the nitrogen content automatically to keep a consistent percentage. System Automatically Adjusts Nitrogen DeJager farms in Chowchilla…
State Board Drops Planned Grazing Rule
…board held public listening sessions around the state earlier this year to solicit feedback on its Grazing Regulatory Action Project, or GRAP, which the board proposed late last year. The…
DuPont Pioneer Commits $300,000 to Food and Agricultural Education Grants
…while enhancing core-academic disciplines, such as science and mathematics,” said Dan Jansen, CASE project director. “However, our agriculture teachers have minimal resources to equip themselves and their classrooms to provide…
Drought Forcing Changes in Drip Project
In hindsight, this water-plagued year has actually helped the dairy drip irrigation initiative by creating extremes that the project has had to figure out. Drought Forcing Changes in Drip Project…
Drought Brings Challenges to Dairy Drip Project
Getting drip to work on dairy facilities with lagoon water is difficult and projects always run into the same issue, issues that were harder this year because of water availability….
Helping Dairies Manage Nitrogen
…its project which is trying to figure out how to get the nutrients from lagoon water through drip tape and to their feed crops efficiently. Netafim is a partner in…
Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
…feet in two years — and will now conduct a system-wide evaluation of subsidence along the California Aqueduct and the condition of State Water Project facilities. The evaluation will help…
Medfly Quarantine in Portion of San Diego County
…United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner, and CDFA are working collaboratively on this project. The quarantine area in San Diego County measures 93 square…