…Cheese 1 Roma Tomato Basil 2 T Olive OIL 1 T Balsamic To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen For this…
Zika Virus Battle
…California Department of Public Health. To date, the Zika virus hasn’t been found in the California mosquitoes, however with thousands of Americans traveling to Brazil for the 2016 Olympics, plus…
Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
…EPA have worked together to harmonize their standards under this program. The agencies have worked closely with the State of California’s Air Resources Board in developing and finalizing the standards….
The California Kitchen: Crispy Eggplant Parmesan
…Flour 1 Egg wash Breadcrumb 1 Cup Tomato Sauce 1 Onion ½ Cup Parm Cheese To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
From: UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences (California Water Blog) by Josué Medellín-Azuara, Duncan MacEwan, Richard E. Howitt, Daniel A. Sumner, and Jay R. Lund The drought continues for California’s…
Ranchers, Loggers Express Concerns About Forest Plans
…is reductions in grazing because of endangered-species restrictions. Bart Topping, whose cattle graze on Sierra National Forest land, described the challenges of moving cattle out of a meadow in the…
Grains Council Promoting U.S. Sorghum in Peru for Export
The U.S. Grains Council has ramped up its sorghum promotion work in Peru. The Grains Council says the market in Peru is seeing both a significant discount to corn and…
Port Workers Agree to Discuss Contract Extension
…as companies suffered billions of dollars in losses on the recent port slowdowns. The National Pork Producers Council and 112 other trade associations in March sent a letter to the…
Agri View: Needle in a Hay Stack
…the cattle industry. It is a crop that needs good weather. You won’t raise cattle without it. It doesn’t claim the attention of the other crops, but it is just…
Crop Production Forecast
…2015. Grapes – California’s wine type grape production is forecast at 3.90 million tons, up 5 percent from 2015, and represents 57 percent of California’s total grape crop. California’s raisin…
The California Kitchen: Tomato Sauce
…Pureed Tomatoes Dried Thyme Bay Leaves Garlic Cloves Cilantro Stems Peppercorns Crushed Sugar Pork Bones To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
After years of declining prices and reductions in acreage, California pear growers agree they have finally hit a sweet spot. They say the pear market has remained firm for several…
Table Olive Forecast for 2016
The 2016 California table olive forecast is 65,000 tons, down 17 percent from last year’s crop of 78,000 tons, according to a survey conducted by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics…
California’s Agricultural Vision – Help Shape the Future
Nearly eight years ago, the California State Board of Food and Agriculture began a strategic planning process for the state’s agriculture and food system that ultimately led to California Agricultural…