Several growers attended the Sustainable Cotton Project’s Herbicide Resistance Field Day. View our photos below….
AgNeTVideo: Trefethen Solar Project
…depend as little as possible on outside resources.” Their most recent accomplishment is the move to 100 percent solar. It’s a project that started a few years ago. “We got…
CA Snowpack Very Low, Dry Year Ahead
…driest on record. It all comes after an especially dry 2012. The Department of Water Resources is now projecting water deliveries of only 35 percent to 29 water agencies around…
Agreement in CFBF Lawsuit against Caltrans
…concern about how the project would impact farmland in the Little Lake Valley. The fear was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would destroy too much farmland during the project,…
Helping the Honey Bee Population
…hosted by “Project Apis m.” Attendees will view various plants in a demonstration bee pasture, and learn more about the benefits of planting a bee forage cover crop. A key…
Even Less Water for Central Valley Farmers
…Reclamation announced today that the allocation of water for farmers served by Westlands and other south-of-Delta Central Valley Project water service contractors would be lowered from 25 percent to 20…
Birmingham’s Full Statement about Allocation
…for south-of-the Delta Central Valley Project (CVP) agricultural water service contractors is 25 percent. Although expected, this allocation is very disappointing and exemplifies the issues faced by farmers and other…
California Water Allocation for 2013
…the sate. State Water Project contractors will get 40 percent of their requested deliveries for 2013. That number was just 30 percent at the end of November. The water goes…
Growing Berries With Less Water
…Advisor Richard Molinar is part of a huge research project going on to see how berries in our state do with different amounts of water. Molinar is irrigating small batches…
Lower Insurance Premiums for Rice, Soybeans
…Click to Open or Download Audio Report It’s part of the Agriculture Department’s project to improve the crop insurance program. The crop insurance program is privately ran, but federally subsidized….
Improved Mexican Border Crossing for Produce
…San Ysidro border crossing, has already been built. The first phase of the new project will be a pilot screening test. There is no official word on the facility’s opening….
Technical Review Committee Members Wanted
…committee reviews, evaluates, and make recommendations to CDFA on projects to be funded by the California Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program is designed to…
Beef Ambassador Contest Set for Sacramento
…host the national competition each year. 1990 was the last time it was held in California. The National Beef Ambassador (NBA) is a project of American National Cattle Women (ANCW),…
Experts to Speak at Upcoming Field Days
…direction of the Sustainable Cotton Project, a California nonprofit that has worked with Valley growers to produce environmentally friendly Cleaner Cotton™ for the consumer market. For more information contact project…