…Inseason Ag is a young company out of the Central Valley of California. Production Manager Roger Cox says the company has a new version of its tree netting that helps…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…processing, packaging and marketing buffalo meat, a first step in identifying potential new market opportunities. Sappa Valley Poultry in Oberlin, Kan., received a $49,663 grant to expand distribution of their…
New walnut variety ‘Durham’ released
…suitable for alternate use in-shell. The expected low blight and kernel quality should be of particular interest to growers in the Sacramento Valley. ‘Durham’ kernels have large size and excellent…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…destroyed rainforest regions in Central and South America for Mexican consumption – a practice that has already begun. Unlimited beef imports would also lower the income of family-sized cattle producers…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
…Key deliverable deadlines and contact information for Central Valley coalitions can be found in the most recent CURES Watershed Coalition News. For growers in the Sacramento Valley, Westlands and East…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
Farmers know the value of organic matter, especially those working in the sand and clay soils of the central valley. The Western View: Carbon Farming Carbon-base fertilizers enrich the earth…
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
…the northern Sierra Nevada this year, farmers on the westside of the San Joaquin Valley, from Tracy to Kettleman City, will suffer from grossly inadequate water supplies from the Central…
Water Supply Allocation Announced for CVP
The Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial 2016 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors. This allocation is based on a cautious estimate of the amount of water…
2016 Award Winners for Agriculture, Technology
…Peach Association. He was founding partner of the Sacramento Valley Walnut Growers LLC., a walnut processing and marketing enterprise, and has served as Chairman of that organization since 2006. In…
DWR April Snowpack Totals Report
…now.” Electronic readings of northern Sierra Nevada snow conditions found ¬28.1 inches of water content (97 percent of average for March 30), 25.2 inches in the central region (88 percent…
Some Regions Prime for Dairy Exports
…factors for export markets. Gallagher showed a map at a recent dairy conference that labeled the median age for countries around the world. Areas like Central Africa had median ages…
Sierra Nevada Snowpack Still Below Average
…30), 25.2 inches in the central region (88 percent of average) and 19.3 inches in the southern region (72 percent of average). In normal years, the snowpack supplies about 30…
DWR Reaches Agreement Related to California WaterFix
…flows caused by pumping and give operators of the State Water Project (SWP) and Central Valley Project (CVP) more opportunities to capture and store water at times of peak flow….
Agri View: New Cash Crop
…cousin — as a major cash crop. At one point in time, there were hemp mills scattered across Lancaster and York counties, in the heart of Central PA. But these…









