…lease their surplus water rights out to someone else. That would be an entirely new revenue stream for growers. Another company is working on ways to manage your data. The…
Polluted Rivers, Lakes and Coastal Waters Need Cleanup and Restoration Plans
…waterways in need of cleanup plans to EPA for review. This year, California submitted its 2012 updated polluted waters list based on data collected through 2010 for the North Coast,…
Enrollment for 2016 Dairy Margin Protection Program to Begin July 1
…dairy farmers to quickly and easily combine their unique operation data and other key variables to calculate their coverage needs based on price projections. Producers can also review historical data…
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
…in the development of microbiological criteria. In addition, it reviews and evaluates epidemiological and risk assessment data and methodologies for assessing microbiological hazards. “NACMCF members offer invaluable insights on food…
Microbiomes Changing Food Safety Monitoring
…Rodrigue, talked to attendees at the Produce Marketing Associations Technology Conference last month about their microbiome project, and how it can use big data to solve some safety concerns. Rodrigue…
USDA Opens Enrollment Period for Agriculture Risk Coverage
…farms, 99 percent of peanut farms, and 94 percent of medium grain rice farms elected PLC. For data about other crops and state-by-state program election results go to www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc. Covered…
USDA Begins Accepting Applications from States for $100 Million Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership
…costs such as additional infrastructure to support pumps, marketing, education, data collection, program evaluation and administrative costs. This new investment seeks to double the number of fuel pumps capable of…
Hortau Secures $5M in Financing from Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners
…business during a critical time here in California and the U.S., where water issues are becoming the norm,” Boudreau said. “Agriculture is currently going through an evolution phase, using data-driven…
Familiarizing Growers With Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
…capture huge amounts of data that log many different variables of a field. A new partner with All Drone Solutions is making the access of that data almost instant. Types…
Commodity Groups Meet to Review Sustainability Progress, Share Ideas for the Future
…Data collected through this program to date is representative of the California almond industry and provides vital information on how practices are being adopted and used across the growing community….
Workshop Explains Soil Water Tension Importance
This slideshow requires JavaScript. A recent workshop in the Central Valley stressed the importance of monitoring soil water tension. When installation is done correctly, this data can help a grower…
Webinar to Assist Potential Applicants for Conservation Funding
…online tools: a pre-proposal fillable form, RCPP pre-application data entry tool and pre-proposal data entry tool instructions. These tools support partners as they fill out and submit their pre-proposal application….
USDA Seeks Input from Growers About 2015 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, and Values
…NASS gathers the data for the June Agriculture Survey online, by mail and/or by phone. For the June Area Survey, agency representatives will visit randomly selected tracts of land and…
DPR 2013 Air Monitoring Shows Most Pesticides Well Below Health Screening Levels
…DPR’s air monitoring network was established to expand the department’s knowledge of the potential health risks of long-term exposure to pesticides, rather than rely on short-term monitoring data. The data…