…later in the year. Today’s announcement includes funding allocated for the first two years of the program. Today’s announcement was made possible by the 2014 Farm Bill. The 2014 Farm…
Port Slowdowns are Affecting Farm Shipments
…loss of commerce. Ching Lee is an assistant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at clee@cfbf.com. Used with permission from Ag Alert, and the California Farm Bureau Federation….
Farm Bureau Delegates Set Public Policy Positions for 2015
Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 96th Annual Convention today approved resolutions that will provide the organization grassroots authority to ask Congress to finish many measures…
Agri View: Farm Technology
Everett Griner talks about farm technology not being new in today’s Agri View. Farm Technology…
California Crop and Weather Report
…rains. In preparation for almond pollination in the spring, bees were brought into several central counties. Sheep and cattle grazed on rangeland, alfalfa fields, retired farmland areas, and small grain…
Pacific Regional Crop Production Report
…– 2015 California lemon forecast is 40.0 million cartons, up 5 percent from the October forecast and up 5 percent from last season’s final production. In California, lemon harvest was…
Experts Predict Growing Uncertainty for Water Supplies
…to need to be stable and dependable as well,” Hall said. California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul Wenger told the workshop that water supplies have become increasingly less dependable for…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for Dairy Development Program
…technology is precisely the kind of innovation that California farmers are known for,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “It promotes low carbon fuels, agricultural energy efficiency and other operational advantages….
Dairy Producers Enroll in New Margin Protection Program
…dairy operations – over half of all dairy farms in America – have enrolled in the new safety-net program created by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as the Margin Protection…
Stallman: Farmers and Ranchers Still Optimistic Despite Washington’s Past Dysfunction
…American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman. Stallman, a cattle and rice farmer from Columbus, Texas, told Farm Bureau members gathered for their annual convention in San Diego that progress…
Executives Predict Future of Agriculture at AFBF Annual Convention VIP Event
The American Farm Bureau Federation kicked off its 96th Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show with a panel discussion for VIP attendees, “The Future of Agriculture,” featuring executives from Wal-Mart,…
ACP Quarantine in Madera County
…it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County. This plant disease does not affect…
San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Central Valley grape growers gathered in Easton this morning for updates and information on a variety of topics. University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources and…
Western View: The Bakersfield Sound
…and women who had made the trek to California during the dust bowl days. The Bakersfield sound music grew in back yards and honkytonks catering to the working man, then…