…Sorghum growers in California are experiencing complications from the sugarcane aphid, a pest that was previously only seen in other states. Director of the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center…
Almond Board: Almonds Rise to Top in Europe
…2015. Almond butter is a great filling in bars, in breakfast cookies or even as a center in chocolates. Almond flour has also seen fast growth over the same period,…
Agri View: Beefalo
…mountain areas of our country. Bison were the center of life for the Plains tribes of Native Americans who found in them nearly all the food, clothing, and shelter they…
Farmers Consider Impacts of River Plan
…and micro-irrigation. And, he said, irrigation districts act sustainably by saving water during wet years. “It is up to the state to put in other infrastructure to capture this water,”…
Optimizing Production a Nursery Focus
…generally,” Slaughter said. “But, for instance, when we go to Australia to see what they are doing and try to learn from them with regard to pulse irrigation, water use…
Almond Board: Almond Conference Sessions
…December 6-8 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Jenny Nicolau, Manager of Industry Relations for the Almond Board, says lots of information will be available at the conference. “This year’s conference…
EPA Glyphosate Assessment Moved to Next Spring
…market. Some say the blame falls on the International Center for Research on Cancer for the delay in decision making. A report in March of 2015 from the Research Center…
Tapping Sorghum’s Genetic Potential
…Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit in Griffin, Georgia, that were known for producing high grain yields in countries such as Sudan and Ethiopia. Because they were originally from sorghum’s center…
American Agricultural Trade with Cuba
…Much of the conversation centered on the Cuba Agricultural Exports Act (H.R. 3687) and the potential for removing financing restrictions that have limited agricultural exports to Cuba. Conaway “The history…
New National Offshore Wind Strategy to Drive Deployment
…the industry. The announcement of the report followed a tour of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) by the two cabinet members, White House Deputy Assistant…
California to Receive About $6 Million from USDA Grant Program
…Conservation District of Monterey County – $1.37 milion to improve water quality on irrigated lands Sustainable Conservation – $833,250 for demonstration of a subsurface drip irrigation system utilizing dairy manure…
Investment to Spur Agricultural Innovation
…management and water conservation (Illinois). University of Hawaii, ($979,927)-proposes to develop an approach to optimize irrigation scheduling in intensive vegetable production systems across diverse climatic zones in the Pacific Islands…
Project Aids Food Supply for Delta Smelt
…main food source for delta smelt. The smelt, listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act, lives only in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and has been at the center…
California State Organic Program
…equitable representation of statewide interests and was facilitated by the Center for Collaborative Policy at the California State University, Sacramento. The Working Group set goals to: Define the current benefits…