…Click to open or download audio report The high-speed rail project would connect San Francisco to Los Angeles, and provide commuters with a ride that takes just under 3 hours….
California High-Speed Rail Forum
…audio report Feelings are strong on both sides of the high-speed rail project, and both sides met for a public forum Friday night. The project would connect San Francisco to…
DWR Announces Groundwater Assistance Grants
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded more than $4.7 million in grants to 26 public agencies from the Local Groundwater Assistance Program. Grant funding is provided by Proposition…
Volunteers Needed for Yuba-Sutter Fair
…Volunteers will assist with the farm bureau’s public outreach and agriculture education projects in the building. This year’s take-away project is mini-terrariums. To volunteer, contact Megan Osbourn at (530) 673-6550….
Almond Harvest and Stockpiling Standards
…download audio report The Almond Board of California has released new guidelines on storage and stockpiling of almonds. Work on the project began back in 2007. The Almond Board’s Associate…
Home Run for Fresno Grizzlies Ag Program
…back to its roots. Team owner Chris Cummings says one aspect of the Grizzlies’ Farm Grown project is the community garden and demonstration farm at the downtown Fresno ballpark. The…
Dealing with Race 4 Fusarium
Continuing our coverage of the Sustainable Cotton Project’s field day, we hear from a speaker with advice for growers on how to deal with some persistent problems. Sabrina Hill reports….
Field Day for Cotton Growers
…download audio report. The Sustainable Cotton Project had an educational field day for growers this week. Executive Director Marcia Gibbs explains more about the program. “We are a private nonprofit…
Photos from Herbicide Resistance Field Day
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…