Becky Langer, Director of the Bayer Bee Care Program, talks with Sabrina Hill about bee health and how growers can help protect bees. Becky Langer – Bayer Bee Care Program…
What ‘Potential to Discharge’ Means to You
…forms to growers in parts of the state to survey what land owners are practicing in the field. San Joaquin County Resource Conservation Coalition Program Manager Mike Wackman says one…
USDA Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs
…today that a one-time extension will be provided to producers for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss…
DuPont Pioneer Enhances Grower Service and Support
…program. With the recent Chinese import approval of the Agrisure Viptera® trait, Pioneer will expand the U.S. lineup of Optimum® Leptra™ corn hybrids in 2015 and growers who use these…
Assembly Member Gray Announces Joint Committee Hearings on Rail
…Merced and implementing the improvements needed between Stockton and San Jose to increase service to 10 daily round trips. This expansion program is expected to need about $715 million in…
Almond Board of California Leadership Program Begins Seventh Year
…participants design and carry out a special project, which is presented at the Almond Industry Conference in December, their final event of the program. Since the Almond Leadership Program was…
Export Training Course Comes to CDFA
…program. “We’ve seen success with this program and it has been very useful for our company.” Participants in a recent CalAgX Training The 2015 California Agricultural Export Training (CalAgX) Program…
Final results announced for 2014-15 California State Employees Food Drive
…Donation Total (non-rice) – Department of Education with $19,877 in donations! Highest Rice Donation Total – California Environmental Protection Agency with $6,852 in donations for the Rice Program! Congratulations to…
Mailers Asking for Irrigation Information
…the mailers are purely used to gather as much information as they can from the field. San Joaquin County Resource Conservation Coalition Program Manager Mike Wackman says the forms caused…
CDFA Announces Public Meeting
(From CDFA) CDFA Announces March 4 Public Meeting to Discuss Research Phase of New Dairy Digester Research and Development Program The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is developing…
USDA Video: USDA Market News, 100 Years: the Trusted Source – Then, Now & Always
This seven-minute film gives an overview of USDA’s Market News program, with visits to Produce Wholesale markets, a livestock auction and the Chicago Board of Trade….
Proceeds from Earth Day Food & Wine Weekend to Benefit Scholarship Program
Atascadero, California—Earth Day Food & Wine Weekend, held April 17-19 at Castoro Cellars in Paso Robles, will donate a portion of its proceeds to benefit the Vineyard Team Scholarship program….
Vineyard Team Celebrating 20 Years
…(SIP) Certification, Sustainable Ag Expo, Earth Day Food and Wine Weekend, and various research and education programs. Since inception, with a myriad of programs that advance the industry’s commitment to…
Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Scholarship Applications Available
As part of their on-going commitment to educational programs in Yuba and Sutter counties, the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau (YSFB) Board of Directors has established an annual Scholarship Program. The goal…