…the availability of non-GMO foods for the millions of consumers who seek them,” Westgate said. The Cargill high oleic sunflower oils receiving Non-GMO Project Verification include: Clear Valley® High Oleic…
Early-Autumn Weather Affects Coastal Crops
…of a normal weather pattern here in the Central Coast,” with morning fog, afternoon sun with mild temperatures. Navarro also shuffled his irrigation and work schedules in reaction to the…
Preventing Straying of Adult Sacramento River Salmon
…Central Valley Project, operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The Wallace Weir Fish Rescue project is required by the National Marine Fisheries Services, which is responsible for protecting chinook…
New Toolkit for Teachers
…foods in school breakfasts and lunches, as well as summer and preschool meals. And be sure to check out the story of California’s “One in Melon” award winner, Conejo Valley…
New Rules Governing Use of Fumigant Pesticide 1,3-D
…crops including sweet potatoes, almonds, strawberries, grapes and carrots. It has been used in the United States since 1954 and in California since 1970, mostly in the San Joaquin Valley…
Western View: This year, it’s La Nina
…early October and we’ve already had a light dusting of snow in the high country and at least the threat of a few showers in the north valley. But we…
Aged Cows Top the International Guernsey Show
…Alyssa Nuttleman, Bangor, Wis. Circle H Navajo Deana, Chris Himebaugh, Columbus, Ohio Spring Yearling Heifer: Vg Sg Shaggys Reed-ETV, Valley Gem Farms, Cumberland, Wis. Prairie Moon L Anala-ET, Landon &…
ACP Movement Shows History Repeating Itself
…the Highway 99 corridor in Tulare County. “We were hoping it would take longer to arrive in the Central Valley because we have this nice, natural barrier in the Grapevine,”…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…Forecast The initial 2016-17 Navel orange forecast is 84.0 million cartons. Of the total Navel orange forecast, 81.0 million cartons are estimated to be in the Central Valley. This forecast…
Support for Rural Cooperative Businesses and Organizations
…Texas-Rio Grande Valley is receiving a $199,393 grant to help start, expand and improve cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in Texas and New Mexico. The Center is located in the South…
Importance of Accurate Evapotranspiration
…The California Irrigation Management Information Service (CIMIS) has weather stations throughout California that will provide that information but in an area like the Central Coast, where we have micro-climates that…
California Saw Snow Drought in 2016
…even odds that weak La Niña conditions will develop this fall and winter. La Niña refers to the periodic cooling of sea-surface temperatures across the east-central equatorial Pacific. It represents…
Support for Minority and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
…Rio Grande Valley, Texas; also serving New Mexico $199,977 West Virginia State University, West Virginia, $199,973 Additionally, Alcorn State University will continue to administer the Socially Disadvantaged Policy Research Center…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…Central Florida team to test a bactericide against citrus greening disease, a problem that has cost the state of Florida alone more than $3 billion in lost revenue since 2007….