…Leopold Conservation Award. Rancher and California coordinator for the award Karen Sweet explains more. Leopold Conservation Award Nominations Now Being Accepted More than three quarters of the land in the…
California Prospective Field Crop Plantings Report Released
…survey of more than 2500 California farmers conducted in the first two weeks of March. Sabrina Hill has the numbers for California crops. California Prospective Field Crop Plantings Report Released…
California Avocado Seeing More Sales
California avocados are seeing more sales and the price of avocados is back up. Avocado sales were up 8.8 percent in January 2014 compared to the same time last year….
Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss New CDFA Water Program
…information about this program, including a conceptual framework of the grant program, will be available at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/H2O_EandE.html Program implementation will be on or before July 1, 2014. Visit www.Drought.CA.Gov to…
Tree Nut Crops and Nutrient Management
…key points and discusses the protocol. Tree Nut Crops and Nutrient Management For protocol discussed by Patrick Brown visit: Crop Nutrient Status & Demand in Almond: Patrick Brown For our…
Board Suggests Land Owners Get Help With ILRP
Ground water will now be part of the irrigated lands regulatory program. The program previously was a waiver based program and only monitored surface water. The regulatory board recommends land…
FARMS Program Teaches Statewide Leadership
…Leadership Program from the Center for Land Based Learning offers high school students a chance to get their hands dirty planting, composting and learning about healthy eating. FARMS Leadership Program…
Almond Board: Early Season Leaf Tissue Sampling for Almonds
With the start of spring, this week’s almond update focuses on early-season leaf tissue sampling for nitrogen. Professor of Plant Nutrition at UC Davis, Patrick Brown says early sampling can…
Third Parties Designed to Help ILRP Rollout
The board for the Irrigated Land Regulatory Program knows they cannot police the new guidelines up and down the state alone. They also know that land owners will need help…
Students Plant Corn at Chukchansi Park
This slideshow requires JavaScript. The Center for Land Based Learning had a workshop for it’s FARMS Leadership program at Chukchansi park in Fresno. High school students learned how to plant…
Change in Policy on Fumigant Puts Farmers in Bind
New restrictions have been placed on an important crop protection tool used on more than 40 different California fruit, vegetable, tree and vine crops. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation…
Celebrating Farmers
Lynn Figone During the month of March there is a big focus nationwide on agriculture. March has things like National FFA Week, California Ag Day at the Capital and National…
Growing Pains for National Organic Program
…administration says they are working to address those. For more information, please CLICK HERE. Growing Pains for National Organic Program For information about the USDA National Organic Program, please CLICK…
Heat Illness Seminars Coming Up
…will be covered in the seminars. Heat Illness Seminars Coming Up The goal of this program is to ensure that all agricultural employers understand Regulation 3395 (Schwarzenegger, 2005) and the…