…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…
Walnut Twig Beetle Trapping Guidelines
…walnut trees as well,” said Mary Louise Flint, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology at UC Davis and UC Statewide IPM Program. Thousand cankers disease has now…