…potable water reuse systems in the United States. University of California Riverside, Riverside, Calif. to measure levels of contaminants of emerging concern in common vegetables and other food crops irrigated…
Food and Ag Groups Express Optimism for New Opportunities in Cuba
…America’s farmers and ranchers in this matter.” Statement by Joel G. Newman, President & CEO, American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) “AFIA is pleased with Secretary Vilsack’s announcement today that USDA…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
…season for others, according to a University of California study published in the peer-reviewed journal California Agriculture. “Growers change crops depending on many factors, including climate change and market conditions,”…
$8.5 Million Awarded to Improve Communities’ Water Sources
…State University, Raleigh, N.C., $484,990 Stockholm Environment Institute U.S., Davis, Calif., $484,764 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., $485,000 University of California, Riverside, Calif., $126,181 Texas A&M University, Corpus…
ACP Treatment Areas Key for HLB Fight
…ACP Treatment Areas Key Florida grower Rick Freeman shared his huanglongbing (HLB) experience with California growers at California Citrus Mutual’s Citrus Showcase and talked about what he would do differently…
Agri View: Corn Facts
…between 1700 and 1240 B.C. Since then, America has become the world’s largest producer, supplying almost half of all the corn on Earth. This year alone, American farmers planted 92.3…
The California Kitchen: Broccoli Stout White Cheddar Viccysois
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing Broccoli Stout White Cheddar Viccysois with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: 4 Cup Broccoli 1 Spanish Onion…
Annual Post-Harvest Pest Control Seminar
…California, Davis Spencer Walse, USDA-ARS, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center; Parlier, California MODERATOR: Mary Lu Arpaia, Ph.D., University of California Cooperative Extension, Subtropical Horticulturalist, is based at the Kearney…
Tree Nut Theft Training Seminar
…seminar will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. with lunch included. Both Associations hosted the Nut Theft Summit in December 2015 to alert the California tree nut…
CDFA Fertilization Guidelines for Irrigated Agriculture Expanded
The California Fertilization Guidelines on the Fertilizer Education and Research (FREP) website have been expanded to include recommendations for 18 crops, representing more than half of the irrigated agriculture in…
Historic Agreements for U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Sectors
…two neighboring countries share common climate and agriculture related concerns, and the measures announced today in Havana will mutually benefit the Cuban people and U.S. farmers and ranchers. While in…
Johnsongrass Target of New Research
…problem in California cotton fields. In California, johnsongrass is found in the Central Valley, Cascade Range foothills, Western California, and the Sierra Nevada foothills to about 2600 feet (800 m)….
Carbon Offset Could Make OM Incorporation Feasible
…Making OM Incorporation Feasible Growers in California are being left with their agriculture waste and lighter pockets. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Brent Holtz says cogeneration facilities provided important disposal of…
Confusing Chicken Labels
…average person doesn’t have first-hand knowledge of what life on a farm is like – for either farmers or the animals they care for. Because of this, many of the…