…thousands of years. In 2030 B.C., cucumbers were imported from India to the Tigris Valley. There, they were first preserved and eaten as pickles. In ancient Egypt, people consumed pickles…
PBW Program Highlights Pest Pressure in Cotton
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has recently released their final report on the Pink Bollworm (PBW) Program for the San Joaquin Valley. The program also monitors the presence…
Almond Board: Post-Harvest Irrigation
…almond production. There is an inherent conflict between the goals of maintaining groundwater quality while maintaining a productive irrigated agriculture. These issues are being addressed by the Central Valley Salinity…
Register Now for The Central Valley Summit
…the lessons discussed at the Central Valley Summit and what the next steps will be. The summit is a free event with registration available through the Valley Air District website….
Tour Shows Ornamental Pumpkin Big Business
…park lies two locations for Uesugi Farms. The operation has the smaller Spina Farms Pumpkin Patch in the Coyote Valley just south of San Jose, and the larger Uesugi Farms…
Data Integration Vital to the Farm of the Future
…technology products. The second annual event was hosted by West Hills College, along with Blue Tech Valley and PowWow Energy and was held at the Farm of the Future at…
Seed Company Helps Jump-start Elementary Garden
…Chin explained. “The only region in California that is doing some winter planting is the Salinas Valley, Santa Maria area and down into Arizona.” Chin and Scott holding a flat…
California President Leads 2017-18 National FFA
…office of president. Erica Baier, an agricultural education major at Iowa State University, was elected national secretary. Western VP Bryce Cluff Central VP Piper Merritt Piper Merritt, an agricultural economics…
USDA Strengthens Agricultural Sciences at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
…students in Central Texas. Project details can be found on the NIFA website. Previously funded projects include New Mexico State University’s Southwest Natural Resource Career Track program, which is providing…
New ARS Website Enhances Access to Scientific Information
…lettuces may brighten salads of the future. In California’s Salinas Valley, where much of America’s lettuce is produced, ARS researcher Edward Ryder and colleague William Waycott, scrutinize an exceptional array…
Farmers in Wildfire Zones Assess Impact
…as a captain of the all-volunteer Potter Valley Fire Department; his brothers serve as firefighters and their father, Bill, is fire chief. “There was absolutely no stopping the fire” that…
CDFA and DWR Award Grant to Improve Water Efficiency
…of carbon dioxide each year. A list of the selected agricultural operations can be found here. Image credit: (lower left) California’s Central Valley by Amadscientist – Own work, CC0, Link…
Preparing to Evacuate During Wildfire? These Checklists Can Help
…County. “So far most of the damage has been in Redwood Valley, where over 200 homes were lost and people had only minutes to get out.” To help people prepare,…
State Board Sticks to Flow Regime on Sacramento River
…what it has tried before: increasing flows for fish to the Sacramento River and delta. Representatives of Sacramento Valley water users say they continue to evaluate the new report, an…