Since late Sunday night, 16 wildfires in Northern California have consumed large areas of Yuba, Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Butte and Lake counties. The fires are spreading quickly, aided by windy…
UCCE Creates Ag Education Chair in Southern California
…for Land-Based Learning and California Polytechnic State University-Pomona, includes monthly sessions of classroom teaching, field trips, and hands-on learning to familiarize students with nutrition, water quality, wildlife-human interaction, gardening and…
Quota Implementation Plan Explained at Upcoming Meetings
…(FMMO) for California, the USDA did not incorporate a quota aspect in the pricing system and are allowing producers the choice in adopting a quota program. After several months of…
More HLB Discoveries in Southern California
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced another 33 discoveries of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease have been made in the Los Angeles area last week. Part of that total…
NRCS Sends Team to Aid Puerto Rico
…struck the island in late September. NRCS is sending a group of 17 technical staff members from around the United States, with California sending one state director and three engineers. …
U.S. and EU Producers Talk Beef Trade at Sommet de l’Élevage
AgNet Media’s Gary Cooper alongside Catherine Geslain-Laneelle. Photo credit to Sacha Biogon. Now that U.S. producers have established their presence at the Sommet de l’Élevage, they are now talking potential…
South Canada Livestock Producers Could See Winter Hay Shortage
…off grazing lands early to preserve pastures. Early feeding brings an added expense to producers. One expert suggested that if alternative supplies and cost “don’t pencil out,” then producers will…
Mann Packing Removing Non-GMO Label
…well. Mann Packing was founded in Salinas, California in the 1930’s. Today, the company is a majority women-owned and operated business, and says it is one of the country’s leading…
California Benefits from Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently announced the funding allotments for the 2017 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. California was provided with $19.2 million from the nearly $60.6 million…
Register for Farm of the Future Field Day
…in collaboration with BlueTech Valley, Bowles Farming, California Energy Commission, PowWow Energy, and UC ANR. The day will begin with breakfast at 8 a.m. followed by a welcome from Terry…
Avocado Industry Gets Pest Update at Recent Meeting
…28. The meeting was put on by the University of California Cooperative Extension and organized by Sonia Rios, a Subtropical Horticulture Farm Advisor for Riverside and San Diego Counties. The…
American Dairy Industry Wants True Free-Trade with Canada
The fourth round of negotiations to redo the North American Free Trade Agreement take place next week in Washington. Jim Mulhern, CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation, says negotiators…
Ag to Take Center Stage in Round Four of NAFTA Talks
…growers have over increasing competition from Mexican producers. Perdue acknowledged on Wednesday that they have been hurt by Mexican competition under NAFTA. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
Medfly Quarantine Affects Solano Farms
…quarantines in California in recent years, but they have been located in urban and suburban areas, mainly in Southern California, with minimal impact on agricultural operations. That all changed a…