It’s rare to find an agriculture nursery that also breeds and researches variety and rootstock combinations. A longtime Central Valley nursery does just that, focusing on optimizing production. Most growers…
Beef Checkoff Education Webpage
…lesson plans, the whole nine yards. Tesch said it’s designed especially for teachers who don’t have a lot of experience with agriculture. because we want to expose them to agriculture…
Trump Adviser Talks Agriculture
Clovis Sam Clovis, senior adviser for Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump, spoke with reporters after an agriculture round-table discussion this week and said crop insurance needs to be protected as…
House Ag Committee Modernizes Packers and Stockyards Act
…electronic fund transfers, as well as gives the Secretary of Agriculture the ability to approve other payment methods in the future as needed. A release from the committee said the…
Analysts Question Bayer-Monsanto Merger
…regulators,” said Oxgaard. With four other major consolidation deals in the works, economists are questioning whether there’s too much consolidation in agriculture. “Have there been too many mergers, are companies…
The California Kitchen: Meat Loaf
…To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen For this and many more of these recipes visit: www.ajhtheuntamedchef.com Watch Albert’s Cooking Show:…
Certified Organic Production Sales Up 13 Percent
California Continues to Dominate Organic Sales with $2.4 Billion of $6.2 Billion Nationally The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2015 Certified…
APHIS Seeks Comments on Treatment Evaluation Document
APHIS Seeks Comments on a Treatment Evaluation Document to Add a Treatment Schedule for Grapefruit from Australia Imported into the United States The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and…
Water Board Declares Water War on Merced and Stanislaus Counties
…Board has spent millions of dollars on staff and consultants rewriting the report. After all this time and expense, and during one of the worst droughts in California’s history, it…
Farm Bureau: River-Flow Plan Will Cause Needless Suffering
Wenger Water supplies dedicated to fish should be subject to the same efficiency standards as those affecting California farmers and homeowners, according to the California Farm Bureau Federation, which criticized…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for September 15
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Research Targets Olive Knot Strategies
…olive knot in California orchards. The work is being done by Dr. Jim Adaskaveg, noted researcher from the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at the University of California, Riverside….
Almond Board: Almond Conference Sessions
Plans are in high gear for this year’s Almond Conference. The Almond Board of California gives us an update on the conference’s educational sessions. The Almond conference will take place…
TPP Pork Producers’ No. 1 Priority During Fly-In
…to include funding in the next Farm Bill for a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine bank and to oppose a U.S. Department of Agriculture regulation – the so-called GIPSA…