…Fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds and insect pests, and organic agriculture, research, education and extension, biotechnology and foreign agriculture…
Specialty Crops and Special Tractors
The growth of specialty crops in California is fueling the growth for farming equipment like tractors. There’s a tractor manufacturer that’s paying close attention to exactly what California farmers need…
2012 Census of Agriculture Arriving in Mailboxes
…products, which further emphasizes the importance of supplying accurate information. Information from the Census also is valuable to explain the many ways farming is important to urban or non-farming residents…
CA Turkey Farmer Finalist in Competition
…their farms and ranches with a video. The faces of farming and ranching contest is an opportunity for Tim Nilsen to talk for three minutes about his Turkey farm in…
Pesticide Use an Important Topic
…is making use of YouTube and other websites to help people better understand what farming is all about. Jennifer Skidgel-Clarke of Steinbeck Country Produce in Salinas is one of those…
Census Adds Information on Christmas Trees
…Industry leaders say it’s the only way to track Christmas tree farming in the US, and they hope farmers will comply. The deadline for sending the census forms back is…
New Peterson Farm Bros Video Promotes Ag
They continue to promote agriculture and the farming lifestyle to a younger generation through popular music and YouTube. Sabrina Hill reports on the Peterson brothers’ latest hit. Click to Open…
UC Davis Ag Video Series
…Future of Farming”. The four-part series takes an in-depth look at the issue of how to feed the ever-increasing global population. It features interviews with researchers and students who are…
Western Growers To Tell Consumers About Ag
…an example of the infographic here. This is another way Western Growers communicates the challenges and benefits of farming to those who may have forgotten where their food comes from….
Californian Is “Faces of Farming” Finalist
Tim Nilson, a turkey rancher in Sacramento County, is one of nine finalists in the “Faces of Farming and Ranching” competition. Click on “Faces of Farming and Ranching,” to learn…
Almond Board: Almond Industry Conference Moving
…feature workshops on sustainability programs, spray calibration, honey bee colonies, and an economic update. The conference will also have the annual Almond Industry Trade Show and market updates. For more…
DuPont Pioneer Offers Information for Growers
Farming keeps getting more high tech, so how can you keep up? One program wants to help. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio Report Just like…
Former Ag Secretaries Speak at Meeting
…on farm audits and the Human Society 18. Yeutter on consumer confidence and regulations 19. Bergland on farming technology and feeding the world 20. Yeutter on if overproduction is a…
Dairy Families Struggling
…you visit a dairy in California, you’re likely to find it’s been in the family for years. Dairy farming is often passed down from generation to generation. But the current…