…competition is open to all olive oil producers in the state of California with olive oil made from the most recent olive harvest. There will be two classes for entries:…
Almond Board of California Leadership Program Begins Seventh Year
…as a rootstock budding demonstration at Burchell Nursery in March, to almond quality and food safety seminars in the spring and summer, tours of almond harvest and processing facilities in…
Vilsack Announces $30 Million to Fight Citrus Disease
…conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill….
Free Bird-Friendly Farming Workshops
…and farmers: Short-term flooding of fields in summer, No-till, no-chop rice fields, Post-harvest residue management of corn fields, Winter flooding of corn fields with staggered flood-up, Winter flooding of fields…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…his business will decline at least 50 percent this year — and that means he won’t be hiring any part-time employees during rice harvest in September and October. Van Dyke’s…
Fruit & Nut Review
…earlier than last year. Growers completed spraying and pruning by the end of March. In California, pear harvest began in the Sacramento-San Joaquin region the first week of July, similar…
USDA Invests $18 Million to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
…strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community…
Agri View: Hand Picked
Everett Griner talks about fruit harvest still a hand industry in today’s Agri View. Hand Picked…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life….
WUD, NRCS, and Audubon California Working Together
…has declined, the birds have established large nesting colonies in triticale, the plant that dairymen feed their cows. Unfortunately, harvest season coincides with the birds’ nesting season. When these fields…
Silicon Valley Bank Foresees Breakout Year Ahead for U.S. Fine Wine Business
…Key findings and predictions: • Supply: SVB expects to see the third consecutive harvest of heavy yield and great quality across most appellations. • Sales Growth: After finishing the year…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Makes Major Announcement Regarding Conservation Projects
…rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life….
Port Slowdowns are Affecting Farm Shipments
…in Kern County, said he has had to slow his harvest. Normally this time of year he would be moving 15 loads a week to Australia, but he’s moving only…
Pacific Regional Crop Production Report
…at 56,000 acres. The yield calculates to 2,014 pounds per acre. As of January, cotton harvest was finished. Harvested fields were shredded and disked. Oranges – The 2014 – 2015…