…to Farm is a collaboration with National Center for Appropriate Technology which is a USDA organization. The end goal for many participants of both programs is to own and operate…
EPA Approves Some Dicamba-Based Herbicides
…to use the product on growing crops. Environmental groups were not happy with the approval. The Center for Biological Diversity says the ruling will lead to a sharp increase in…
National Agricultural Conservation Survey Begins
…agricultural land to schedule in-person interviews. The survey asks for information on conservation practices installed, nutrients and pesticides applied, cropping history, irrigation, and grazing for the 2014-2016 production years. Those…
The Western View: Big Data Part 2
…exact weather conditions at his ranch. He uses his data to precisely control irrigation – he keeps water available in the top three feet only, and monitors to make sure…
Growing Quality Tomatoes with Half the Nitrogen and a Third Less Water
…reduced equipment passes, and subsurface irrigation have been key, according to Jeff Mitchell, UC Cooperative Extension specialist based at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center. These practices combine…
Almond Board: Almond Conference Sessions
…in this week’s Almond Update. Listen to the report here: Almond Update The Almond Conference is December 6-8, 2016, at the Sacramento Convention Center. Register online and get more information…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…that came from. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack looks through a microscope at plant tissues at the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP) Tissue Culture…
CDFA Dairy Digester Research and Development Program
…2016 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm California Centers for International Trade Development, ROOM 308, Building B State Center Community College District 390 W. Fir Ave., Ste. 303, Clovis, CA…
Trade Officials Prepare to Push TPP following Elections
Officials from the Obama administration and other Trans-Pacific Partnership countries are ramping up their efforts to build support for ratifying the 12-country pact. But the International Center for Trade says…
Scientists Work to Define Threat from Palm Pest
…agricultural officials for investigation. The UC Riverside Center for Invasive Species Research, which Hoddle directs, has a website where people can report palm trees that may be infested, at cisr.ucr.edu/palmarum_survey.html….
FSA County Committee Elections to Begin
…may also contact your local USDA Service Center or FSA office. Visit http://offices.usda.gov/ to find an FSA office near you. USDA works to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry…
HSUS Denies Budget Problems
The Humane Society of the United States is brushing off a report that says it’s having financial difficulties. The talk of challenges within the organization started Tuesday when the Center…
CCGGA Opposes Air Resources Board Freight Facility Survey for 2017
…has been an extreme concern of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations (CCGGA) as the loose term of freight facility and warehouse/distribution center could include cotton ginning operations among…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…management needs, such as the SmartIrrigation Cotton App which helps schedules irrigation on operations in Georgia and northern Florida. More than one hundred and forty users, including agricultural producers and…