…commuters, savvy chefs, and tourists flock to the lively market that pops up outside the historic Ferry Building, along the Embarcadero. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, market tents cast their…
Cargill Stops Antibiotic Use in Turkey Flocks
Cargill has stopped using an antibiotic for disease prevention in its turkey flocks. The move follows concerns that using the antibiotic, gentamicin (gent-ta-mice-in), contributes to the threat of antimicrobial resistance….
Agri View: Voice Command
…help times, this project will support older and less-abled farmers by limiting their exposure to risk and hazard: cf., e.g., Jenna Jones Benson, “Injury and illness recovery,” Growing Magazine http://www.growingmagazine.com/….
The California Kitchen: Espagnole Sauce
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CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…to minimize nitrate leaching to groundwater, Laosheng Wu, professor and UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the UC Riverside Department of Environmental Sciences, is using computer simulation to consider soil, water,…
CA Free of TB Testing for Cattle Movement
…2008 and 2013. These herds have all been declared free of the disease. “This announcement is several years, thousands of lab tests and hundreds of herd inspections in the making,”…
Program Preserves Ag Land for Climate Benefits
…with multiple agency partners, the Department of Conservation’s Division of Land Resource Protection developed guidelines for the SALC Program, conducted public workshops, and reviewed 26 agricultural conservation easement proposals this…
Pecan Marketing Order Increases Interest
…the opportunity to market to the public the way other industries do. “I had someone tell me, not too long ago, that they would buy more pecans if they were…
Multi-Party Water Exchange Will Benefit Donner Lake
…up to Labor Day. Due to quickly diminishing runoff in the Truckee River Basin watershed this summer, local reservoirs, including Donner Lake, are being drawn down faster than normal. As…
Shop Smarter at Farmers Markets
…They’ll last longer than the trimmed roots, for one thing, but more importantly, the greens are both edible and delicious. Washed carefully, they all make a great, earthy pesto, and…
Make Plans to Talk with Lenders before Machinery Purchases
…farmers will have to convince lenders that a new tractor, combine or planter has good potential for return on investment. However, it’s a good time to buy, if it’s affordable.Loans…
Agri View: Consuming GMO Crops
…shelves—including pizza, chips, cookies, ice cream, salad dressing, corn syrup, and baking powder—contain ingredients from engineered soybeans, corn, or canola. In the past decade or so, the biotech plants that…
Ag Looking for Tax Certainty from Candidates
…Section 179 single-year expensing to buy equipment. Agriculture won permanent Section 179 single-year expensing for equipment and other capital expenses last December, but only extensions for bonus depreciation and some…
The California Kitchen: Veloute Sauce
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