Pennsylvania dairy barn. Emerson Brooks Papers. Special Collections, National Agricultural Library. Everett Griner talks about how dairy farming has changed in today’s Agri View. Dairy Farming Changes From: USDA National…
Dolcini Tours Farms
…about some of our needs as growers.” He concluded his trip at Sanchez Beekeeping where Victor and Mercy Sanchez gave Dolcini a view of their beekeeping operation. Victor shared the…
Farming from the Heart- Cal Poly Loggers
…students are using real-life practices as a competition. We got to hear from Julia Petit, raised in Southern California who is attending Cal Poly. Julia Petit says she has been…
Drought Alert: Call to Re-examine ‘Harmful Actions’
…species, these actions should not proceed. The most severely impacted by the rigid operations we have witnessed this year and by these actions are the small farming communities in the…
Signup for Cotton Producers Starts June 20
…result of low cotton prices and global oversupply, cotton producers are facing economic uncertainty that has led to many producers having lost equity and having been forced to liquidate equipment…
Farming from the Heart- Salinas Valley Fair Champions
This is the third week Corryn has featured her Salinas Valley Fair interviews, but this time she is including her interviews she had with the Champions of each species. First…
Petition to Legalize Industrial Hemp
…to Politico. The 2014 Farm Bill defined hemp as distinctly different from marijuana and also permitted farming pilot projects in states that have legalized cultivation. Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…of Pennsylvania researchers are currently using funding to working to aid the pollination of plants by producing improved honey bee strains. Science funded by AFRI is vital to meeting food,…
Many Still Pondering Low Water Allocations
…It’s a lot easier to sit somewhere and say ‘oh well, this is farming,’ but for a lot of these farmers, it’s their livelihood, and in some cases, that’s a…
Agri View: Growing for Future Population
…carbon dioxide from the cutting of rain forests to grow crops or raise livestock. Farming is the thirstiest user of our precious water supplies and a major polluter, as runoff…
“Farmcation” to Connect Farmers with Urbanites
…be in building community, but also realized just how much work small-scale farming takes. When Lesser returned to Berkeley in the fall, she and Toombs set out to create a…
Dragon Fruit Might Be Next Niche Crop
…shot hole borer. Cooperative Extension County Director Christopher Smith says they are looking for the next niche crop to keep their producers farming. “We call it our new crop development,”…
Agri View: Problem for Honeybees
…concerning honeybee attacks have been confirmed. The fly itself is a widely distributed native species whose natural hosts include bumble bees and paper wasps. While the fly has presumably been…
Farming from the Heart – Salinas Valley Fair Continued
Last week Corryn posted her show from last Friday about her interview with the CEO of the Salinas Valley Fair. On May 11th, King City kicked off its annual Salinas…