A groundwater banking program in Central California gets a $1 million boost in funding. Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) has announced $1 million in WaterSMART grants for the Southwest Groundwater Banking…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…to Moccasin to: 1) visit the Heartland Seed chemical and fertilizer warehouse’s state-of-the-art loading facility, 2) hear about grain cleaning/conditioning, grass seed bagging/chemical treatment at the Central Montana Co-op Fertilizer…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…to monitor vegetation and BLH populations. Sacramento Valley Program personnel will be surveying the Sacramento Valley in June. Results will be included in the next report. Salinas Valley Program personnel…
Weekly Cotton Market Review
…85.50 cents, compared to 86.15 cents last week. San Joaquin Valley (SJV) Spot cotton trading was inactive. Supplies and demand were light. Average local spot prices were higher. No forward…
Costa Announces $6.3 Million in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants
…relief. legislation that will bring more water to our Valley.” The following is a summary of selected projects that affect San Joaquin Valley water districts and growers: Arvin-Edison Water Storage…
More Water Users Receive Notices of Curtailment
…and wildlife. The Sacramento Valley curtailments target water diversions in creeks and rivers draining to the Sacramento River and the northern delta. The watersheds where curtailments are occurring include the…
New Potential Growth Market for U.S. Meat
…pork and lamb in regions such as Latin America, Central and Southeast Asia and the Middle East. With a large population and rapid economic growth, another region being examined for…
Naval Orangeworm Headlines Almond Symposium
The University of California Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources held a Southern San Joaquin Valley Almond Symposium last week in Kerman. The cooperative extension had several farm advisors from…
Ag Leadership Names Four New Board Members
…and fresh perspectives.” Karm Bains is the owner and operator of Karmdeep S. Bains Farms/Bains Ranches and owner-partner at Coldwell Banker Commercial Valley Brokers. He is a fourth generation California…
SJV Weekly Cotton Market Review
For the San Joaquin Valley Spot cotton trading was inactive. Supplies were light. Demand was light. Average local spot prices were lower. Foreign mill inquiries were light. The crop progressed…
Shell Eggs: Daily California Eggs Report
…warehouse, cents per dozen. REGIONS EX-LARGE LARGE MEDIUM NORTHEAST 130.00 127.00 114.00 SOUTHEAST 129.50 127.50 121.00 MIDWEST 126.50 124.50 113.50 SOUTH CENTRAL 138.50 135.50 124.50 COMBINES REGIONAL 131.50 128.99 118.54…
Agribusiness Export Training Seminars
…businesses in international marketplaces, as well as improving the economic condition within these rural San Joaquin Valley communities. The three-city rural community seminar is part of CITD’s month-long export development…
Farm Leader Calls for Quick Negotiations on Drought Bills
…meld the two in ways that provide the swiftest, most effective relief possible.” Wenger praised Sen. Dianne Feinstein for her authorship of the Senate bill and Central Valley Reps. David…
Passage of the Emergency Drought Relief Act
…and economic impacts of drought and restrictions imposed on operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project under the Endangered Species Act and other federal regulations. The fact…