Grape growers from around California are invited to the annual San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium, coming up on January 7. Sabrina Hill has all the details on this year’s event….
No Actions in Early 2015 Under the Feedstock Flexibility Program
…obtain loans from USDA with maturities of up to nine months when the sugarcane or sugar beet harvest begins. Upon loan maturity, the sugar processor may repay the loan in…
Analyzing Salt Stress in Vines
Researchers are finally getting a chance to find wine grape growers help for salt stress. Analyzing Salt Stress in Vines Researchers have been unable to duplicate field salt stress findings…
Limited Vine Rootstock Qualities
Experts say choosing qualities in vine rootstocks can get tricky with what’s available. Limited Vine Rootstock Qualities Grape growers need to look at all qualities when it comes to choosing…
State Wheat Production May Jump in 2015
…on water usage, she noted, and allows farmers the flexibility to harvest it early for hay or silage, or grow it all the way to grain, depending on how much…
HLB Not Just a Producer Concern
…the grape vine to put forth a countywide quarantine on Asian citrus psyllids, and Agriculture Commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita says casual growers can be part of the problem. Kinoshita says enforcing…
Becoming SIP Certified
As a wine grape grower, becoming SIP certified through the Sustainability in Practice program is a tough process that more and more wineries are looking into. Becoming SIP Certified SIP…
Benefits of Being SIP Certified
A lot of wine grape growers say becoming SIP certified is just the right thing to do. Benefits of Being SIP Certified SIP certification, also known as Sustainability in Practice,…
Celebrating Our Nation’s Agricultural Abundance this Thanksgiving
Weekly column from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Vilsack Thanksgiving is a celebration of the harvest and the abundance of food we are able to share with our friends and family….
Thankful For What’s On Our Table
…a part of that effort. It takes a lot of hands to bring a crop to harvest, starting with the ranchers, farmers and farmworkers themselves. It has been heartening in…
What is the Vineyard Team?
A sustainable wine grape grower group has been operating in California for twenty years. What is the Vineyard Team? Sustainable wine grape growing is the basis behind the Vineyard Team….
Silicon Valley Needs Farmers Too – Farm to Food Bank Month Spotlight
by Kathy Jackson, CEO, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties is centered in one…
AFBF President on Obama’s Immigration Plan
…to harvest everything they grow. This order will not change that. “Farmers and ranchers need a new, flexible visa program that ensures long-term access to an expanding workforce by allowing…
For Veterans Day – An Encore Presentation from the Growing California Video Series
In honor of Veterans Day tomorrow, CDFA presents an encore presentation of “From Service to Harvest,” a story from the Growing California video series of veterans turning to farming after…