Walnut growers heard in-depth about a different walnut pruning approach that is gaining popularity because of the early benefits the trees are showing. Pruning Approach Gaining Popularity Walnut growers, of…
Weather Research Could Help Water Management
California weather can be hard to predict due to the state’s weather variability, but some research may be able to predict water availability better in the future. Research Could Help…
Backyard Chicks
…Double check your local city / town ordinances and homeowner’s association Make sure you have a good relationship with your neighbors (the promise of no roosters and free eggs helps!)…
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…hunting industry. According to a 2012 survey conducted by University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, peanuts, corn and cotton are the most frequent crops damaged by…
The California Kitchen: Crepes With Strawberry Jubilee
…brandy 1t pure vanilla extract To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Crepes With Strawberry Jubilee For this and many more…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…cotton in 2016, down 4 percent from the acreage seeded in 2015. If realized, upland cotton planted area in California for 2016 will be a record low. In addition, growers…
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
…in order to make California’s water supply system work, we have to implement a “big gulp, little sip” strategy; to take advantage of periods of high flow so that additional…
Water Supply Allocation Announced for CVP
…that will be available for delivery to CVP water users and reflects current reservoir storages, precipitation and snowpack in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada. The California Department of Water…
2016 Award Winners for Agriculture, Technology
…addition to serving on the Northern California Growers Association, for 12 years, he has been a Trustee of the Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition, and is currently the Chairman of the…
DWR April Snowpack Totals Report
April 2016 Snow Survey from California DWR on Vimeo. California’s statewide snowpack usually reaches its peak depth and water content each year around the first of April, after which the…
Funding Supports Local Food and Specialty Crops
…Block Grant Program for projects supporting specialty crop growers through research and programs to increase demand. Interested applicants should apply directly through their state departments of agriculture, which administer a…
Some Regions Prime for Dairy Exports
…areas of the United States, excluding California. Dairymen and women who are looking to expand and grow their operations are looking for places with a better profit margin than California….
Creating an Easy and Fast HLB Test
…that starts with creating a better early-detection HLB test. University of California Riverside Associate Professor Wenbo Ma is working on the project and says researchers have identified proteins that are…
Homegrown Strawberries
…again or replanted each year. In fact, they are prolific growers and will provide food for half a decade before tiring out. But, not to worry, they are also very…