…see as valuable for them when it comes to technology. She says their study applies that data, and tests technologies for growers. Some of the data collected in the survey…
Company Helping Organizations Gauge Sustainability
…with sustainability standards. Gauging Sustainability Sustainability Senior Associate Andrew Arnold says SureHarvest designs a survey program for companies, and then takes that data-collecting program and introduces it to the growers…
NCBA Urges Secretaries to Reject Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Flawed Recommendations
…with decades of scientific evidence and data within the report. Along with NCBA, numerous scientific organizations and individual scientists, including several former Advisory Committee members have also raised similar concerns…
Western Snowpack Melts Early, Little Remains
West-wide snowpack has mostly melted, according to data from the fifth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). “Across most of the West,…
Unclear Where Drone Use Stands?
…trying to establish rules that commercial drone use would have to abide by. Many believe those rules won’t be ready anytime soon however, so many smaller ag data companies like…
UC Davis Ranked Number 1 in World for Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
The University of California, Davis, ranks No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in agriculture and forestry as well as veterinary sciences, according to data released today by…
From Over 100,000 to 1: Partners Band Together to Beat the European Grapevine Moth
…partners with the best science and data to combat EGVM. At a field day organized by the University of California Cooperative Extension (UC Coop) and the County of Napa, UC…
Western View: Phenomenon in the Pacific
…due to a lack of food sources. Unfortunately there’s no historical data around that we can use to understand this phenomenon, which makes it very hard to know what to…
Data Collection
Sabrina Hill gives us information today on a new panel working to develop farmer data collection recommendations on women and beginning farmers. Data Collection…
USDA: Record Number of Organic Producers in U.S.
…Now, USDA is using funding from the 2014 Farm Bill to develop the Organic Integrity Database, a modernized certified organic operations database that will provide accurate information about all certified…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
West-wide snowpack is melting earlier than usual, according to data from the fourth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). “Almost all of…
Eight Facts about Almonds, Agriculture and the Drought
…three-quarters are less than 100 acres. 8) So how much water does it take to grow almonds? According to data collected from growers, they apply an average of 35.58 inches…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…the basin. Local plans will also need to reduce pumping rights when farmers make efficiency upgrades to keep these investments from reducing long-term supplies. Data on groundwater use and other…
Gov. Brown Directs First-Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
…into 2016. Additional actions required by the order include: Taking action against water agencies in depleted groundwater basins that have not shared data on their groundwater supplies with the state;…