…farmers in their area. • Honorable Mention: Open Source Application Award, and Best Student-Made Award recipient: Farm Profit Calculator, submitted by Fernando Napier and Matt Pedersen of Lincoln, Neb. Farmers…
State Water Project Allocation Boosted
…Collectively, the SWP Contractors serve approximately 25 million Californians and just under a million acres of irrigated farmland. It is important to note that nearly all areas served by the…
Robotic Sorting Powered by Color-Sensing Camera
Camera technology is driving robotic sorting innovations in the almond industry. A Bratney Companies machine that debuted at the Almond Board of California’s annual conference a few years ago is…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…their products to be accepted by producers and have concentrated on innovations that bring direct benefit to farmers (and the food industry generally). One of the objectives for developing plants…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
By Natasha Geiling from thinkprogress.org Though it’s just an hour south of California’s Silicon Valley, the Salinas Valley — better known for churning out lettuce and tomatoes than the world’s…
Attorney General Harris ‘Green Lights’ Signature Gathering Effort for High-Speed Rail Funds to Water Storage
…title and summary from California Attorney General Kamala Harris, opening the door to start signature gathering efforts for the initiative with voters. “It is disappointing that Harris chose to present…
Combining Detection Methods for HLB
…tree, thus showing a false negative. University of California Davis Professor Carolyn Slupsky says all of the detection methods should be used together for best management of the disease. “So…
Farmer Feedback Survey
…develop recommendations on how USDA can enhance its programs and make them more useful to farmers and ranchers across the country. “We’ll compile all the results into a final report…
Pistachio Day Draws Large Crowd, Again
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Large crowds again attended University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources’ Statewide Pistachio Day in Visalia. This years session was expanded to a full…
The California Kitchen: Libido Boost Juice With Slow Roasted Chicken
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing libido boost juice with slow roasted chicken with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: 2 handfuls of kale…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Fresno County
…diseased tree will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. In California, HLB has only been detected in 2012 and 2015 on residential properties in Los…
Agri View: Organic Food Scammers
…what the US Department of Agriculture says: “Organic food is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental…
The California Kitchen: Jelly Powdered Bread Pudding
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing jelly powdered bread pudding with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: 8oz Bread cut into medium pieces 1…
A Brief History of the Navel Orange in California – From the Sacramento Bee
…transplant to Southern California, wrote to the department asking for recommendations of what to plant on her new property in Riverside. The potential of California for agricultural abundance had long…