…and supports more than 100,000 jobs directly and indirectly, of which 97,000 jobs are located in the Central Valley, according to a UC Davis economic study released in December 2014….
FFA Students Attend State Leadership Academy
Sixteen Atwater High School FFA students joined more than 350 students from the California FFA Central Region for the Made For Excellence (MFE), and Advance Leadership Academy (ALA) conference on…
Manuel Cunha on Water Hearing
…to once again limit water to Central Valley farms, the effect that decision has on the community, and problems with the water hearing held Wednesday in Sacramento. Manuel Cunha interview…
Vineyard Team Celebrating 20 Years
…Merrill, Vineyard Team founding member and owner of Mesa Vineyard Management. Over the years, the group’s impact expanded beyond the Central Coast: 34K acres throughout the state are certified in…
Ride the Bus to SWRCB Hearing in Sacramento
A recent decision by the Tom Howard, Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), will limit water deliveries for San Joaquin Valley farm irrigation. On Wednesday, February…
Tickets are Now on Sale for Farm Night at the Film Festival
…six agriculturalists who are profiled. Unlike the Central Coast of California, in some places farming and ranching is far removed from the general population and the film offers a boots-on-the-ground…
Atwater FFA Charters a Strong Showing at Arbuckle Field Day
…bus and joined a record 1400+ high school students throughout central and northern California at the Arbuckle FFA Field Day on February 7th. The FFA Field Day marks the beginning…
West Coast Port Slowdowns Having Severe Economic Impact on California Almond Industry
…The California almond industry provides nearly $22 billion in economic output and supports over 100,000 jobs directly and indirectly, of which 97,000 jobs are located in the Central Valley, according…
Free Bird-Friendly Farming Workshops
…at the Isleton Community Center, 208 Jackson Blvd, Isleton, CA 95641 WHY: WHEP was first offered to producers in 2012 in the Sacramento Valley with a focus on rice; since…
California’s Diversity Reflected In Pesticide Outreach
…UCCE in Fresno County, hosts a weekly radio show about Central Valley agriculture on 900 AM KBIF, where he announces news and trainings. “The Bagrada bug is a very serious…
National Agriculture Day: Poster and Poetry Contests Entries Being Accepted
…Contest Open to Grades 7–12 The theme for both contests is: “Grown in Santa Cruz County and the Pajaro Valley” The poster contest is open to grades K – 6…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…water from Shasta Dam through the federal Central Valley Project, he said she received no water and ended up planting only one-fifth of the land, using groundwater and “what some…
UC Studies Outline Costs of Tomato Irrigation Systems
Two new costs and returns studies for growing transplanted processing tomatoes under furrow irrigation and sub-surface drip irrigation (SDI) in the Sacramento Valley and northern delta are available from the…
Western View: Salinas’ own National Steinbeck Center
…Salinas is his birthplace, and the setting of so many of his books. Long before I moved to California I knew the Long Valley, the Monterey peninsula and the central…