…is a sawmill and wood processor specializing in hardwoods. Minnesota’s Chippewa Valley Ethanol Cooperative, LLP is receiving a $250,000 grant to make energy efficiency improvements to an evaporator at an…
Extension Educators Receive National Honors
…north central, south, west and 1890 universities) will also be recognized for excellence at the APLU annual meeting. The 2016 regional Excellence in Extension awardees are: 1890s Region Award –…
Critical European Grapevine Moth Safeguarding Milestone Recognized
…EGVM was first detected in a Napa Valley vineyard in 2009. Subsequent surveys detected the moth in 11 California counties, representing a serious threat to California’s $4 billion grape crop,…
USDA/NIFA Awards $4.7 M for Food Safety Outreach, Education
…$59,994 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif., $60,000 University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., $60,000 Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, Honolulu, Hawaii, $60,000 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., $146,893 Third…
U.S – Mexico Establish Committee to Support Organic Trade Partnership
…at www.usda.gov/organic. Image credit: (top left) Napa Valley, California: Hall Wines, Certified Organic vineyard with Bunny foo Foo in the background, May 12 2015 Napa Valley, California. Wollertz / Shutterstock.com…
Western View: The Most Dangerous Highway?
…the heartland of California, straight up the middle of the Central Valley all the way up to the rice fields north of Sacramento. It’s 424 miles of agricultural heaven, from…
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…Santa Clara Valley Water District is a key partner for the design and realignment of Calabazas and San Tomás Aquino Creeks, which will reconnect watersheds to the baylands and reduce…
Possible Shift of Psyllid Control Efforts in CA
…question. However in the Central Valley where it isn’t quite as widespread, containment in the urban areas is critical,” Daugherty said. “We need to maintain those control programs in urban…
USDA Moves Forward with Flawed GIPSA Rules
…add litigation costs. Absent a required showing of economic harm to claim preference, these rules disregard a central tenant of our legal system and set out a regulatory framework for…
Demand for Brussels sprouts is booming
…1960s, he said. “They were growing strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower, a lot of the things that we grow here on the Central Coast,” Bontadelli said. “When the Brussels sprouts started becoming…
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Members Named
…LLP, Hastings, Fla.; * Michael Janis, San Francisco Wholesale Market, San Francisco, Calif.; Hollie Manier Johnson, Bay Baby Produce, Burlington, Wash.; Beth Knorr, Cuyahuga Valley Countryside Conservancy, Peninsula, Ohio; *…
American Egg Board Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
…on our country through their strong commitment to family, faith, hard work and service. Eggs have played a central role in our lives especially involving traditional breakfast dishes at desayuno…
New FSA Cooperatives Help Farmers
…like Valley Small Business in Fresno and California Farmlink on the coast, to leverage the networks like those two organizations have,” Dolcini said. “In both of those cases we made…
August Beef, Pork Exports Strong
…finish in 2016. Led by mainstay markets Honduras and Guatemala and strong growth in Nicaragua, U.S. pork continues to have a big year in Central America, with volume up 18…