A 2020 Top-10 New Products Winner holds his trophy at World Ag Expo® World Ag Expo® established the Top-10 New Products Competition to encourage and celebrate innovation in agriculture. Since…
Time to Start Growing Beets for Your Fall Garden
It’s time to start growing beets for your Fall garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Beets are easy to grow and help to feed the soil. If…
Lawmakers Encourage Active Enforcement of Dairy Provisions of USMCA
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is encouraging proactive enforcement of dairy provisions set forth in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a letter addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and…
Multiple Wildfires Rip Through San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties
…excessive heat warnings. “I just know that with all of the fires that are in California right now and everything going on they are incredibly thin-staffed. We just spoke to…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 08-20-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories including how the fires in Northern California are challenging farmers…
New Asian Citrus Psyllid Research Set to Begin in 2021
…to that?’ So that’s the question we would be answering with this,” River noted. “This would be something that we would do to update risk models in California to be…
Enhanced PACA Training Being Offered Online by USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is offering a detailed training course online for individuals and companies that buy and sell fruits and vegetables. The new training…
The Western View: UC Turns The Tide on HLB
With all the bad news we’ve had this year, it’s exciting to pass along something good. It looks like University of California scientists have found a way to stop citrus…
Almond Update: CASP Benefits Handlers’ and Growers’ Sustainability
At the 2019 Almond Conference, the Almond Board of California had a session aimed towards explaining why handlers care if their growers are involved in the California Almond Sustainability Program…
Tricks to Keep Summer Gardens Looking Their Best: Northeast
Some tips for Summer gardens in the Northeast to keep them looking their very best. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. In the Northeast, gardens are at their…
Mechanical Weeding Trials Showing Promising Results in Tomatoes
Researchers are continuing their work on a series of mechanical weeding trials in fields of processing tomatoes. The project is being made possible by support from the California Tomato Research…
$1 Million BIFS Grant to Address Pest Control in Walnuts
…of CAFF staff, University of California Cooperative Extension specialists and personnel from the California Walnut Board. There will be a series of field days that will be scheduled at the…
Conservation at Work: Benefits of Irrigation Water Management
…in an agricultural operation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GCFCReu2J2o State Conservationist Engineer for California NRCS, Greg Norris said that irrigation system replacement can help provide a good starting point for better water management. Ensuring…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 08-19-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering Wildfire Smoke Rule Compliance amid COVID, get an update…