Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Danielle Leal Multi-Media Journalist & AgNet News Hour Anchor Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For…
Almond Update: First CASP Workshops Cover Pollinators
…Program Coordinator Rebecca Bailey said meetings starting next week will cover pollinators. To find all of the information about the workshops or the CASP program, go to Almonds.com/growers. About the…
Concerning Year for Weedy Rice With Discovery of New Biotype
The last year seemed to be a concerning one in terms of weedy rice issues in California. While the year ultimately ended with overall low occurrences of the weed species,…
Western View: Why Water Management Matters
…its farms provided it is managed properly and delivery commitments are kept. Proper water management is critical for other reasons, too. It’s a matter of timing. In California, When it does rain…
Plants for Decorating and Healing
If you are looking for beauty as well as purpose for your garden, Cathy Isom offers some plants for decorating and also for healing. That’s coming up on This Land…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 01-09-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Danielle Leal Multi-Media Journalist & AgNet News Hour Anchor Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For…
Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Flaring Up Again in California
Harrisina metallica The western grapeleaf skeletonizer A familiar foe to grape producers is back on the radar as a few reports of grapeleaf skeletonizer are coming out of the Central Coast. The western grapeleaf skeletonizer…
Hopes to Curb Agribusiness Consolidation as New Congress Takes Office
…few years. The current government shutdown has created a temporary suspension to the efforts to achieve more balanced marketplace competition, as the Farm Bill, trade payments and other legislative matters…
Producers Getting Onboard with H-2A Labor Before the Rush
…dinner, going to church with them, going into town and shopping. It worked, actually, a lot better than I anticipated.” Haycraft said they started using H-2A out of need, but added that doing…
Celebrating National Apricot Day
Cathy Isom has us celebrating a popular summer fruit that is recognized in the winter. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Apricots ripen in the early summer, but…
USDA Extends Deadline for Market Facilitation Program Applications
…in a press release. Market Facilitation Program applications were originally due by January 15, 2019, but the government shutdown that began on December 22, 2018, complicated the application process. The…
New Overtime Requirements Need Attention
…no longer exempt from the overtime laws, and for some of our commodities this is a big change,” Wolfe noted, “you’re looking at ‘what does a workday look like’ and…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 01-08-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. In today’s show, Taylor and Brian have an update on the recent storm which brought snow and rain across the…
El Niño Weather System Continues to Progress
…colder, they tend to have lower freezing elevations. We haven’t seen as many warm storms with the tropical connection and atmospheric river moisture coming through up north,” Dr. Anderson noted….