…don’t threaten profits. These best practices can help growers combat common weed threats, ensuring healthy trees from year to year. Not all weeds are equal – some require specific conditions…
Western View: Can’t Farm Enough? Here’s your App
If you don’t get enough farming from your day job, you can farm on your phone now, with farming games that have become amazingly popular. You could even make some…
How to Harvest Your Chamomile Plant
…Your Chamomile Plant Harvesting chamomile is easy. You can harvest flowers as you see them, if you don’t care about your German Chamomile reseeding itself, or about every 10 days…
Virulent Newcastle Disease Spreads to Utah Despite Management Efforts
…it is such a lethal virus and it is so contagious, that if we don’t all work together it’s very difficult to contain.” The outbreak which originated in backyard chickens…
Consider Natural Irrigation for your Garden
…When it comes to irrigating your garden, you don’t necessarily need a series of hoses, sprinklers or municipal water on demand. There is a way to create an efficient and…
Small Farms Negatively Impacted by Agricultural Water Use Misconceptions
…to support the farming community may not be well-informed enough to know what the industry truly needs to maintain success. “They envision that everything is done by the small farmer…
California Lawmakers Introduce New Immigration Legislation for Ag Workers
…farm labor is performed largely by undocumented immigrants,” Feinstein said in a statement. “By protecting farmworkers from deportation, our bill would ensure that hardworking immigrants don’t live in fear and…
Checkoff-Funded Beef Quality Assurance Program’s Online Certification Option Reaches Major Milestone
…individual’s operation. The certifications are also available in Spanish. “Beef producers recognize that quality is everyone’s responsibility, but many don’t have the opportunity to attend in-person training,” according to Bob…
Almond Matters: Establishing Good Peach Twig Borer Control
…the spring. Courtesy: The Almond Doctor “Peach twig borer can be a very devastating pest, especially on young orchards,” Valent Field Market Research Representative Tino Lopez said. “If you don’t…
Unique Ways to Showcase Your Herb Garden
Your green thumb is itching to grow a garden, but you just don’t have the space. Cathy Isom gives you some unique ways to showcase your herb garden. That’s coming…
Celebrating New Year’s The “Right” Way?
…That is, if you don’t choke, of course. And of course, the right meal on New Year’s Day is important. Lots of people have black-eyed peas, some with greens, others with…
Overcoming the Challenges in the California Citrus Industry
…reference to the increasing minimum wage costs. “What the California legislature is doing is essentially tilting the economic competitiveness away from citrus to other crops that don’t require so much…
Perdue Announces ERS, NIFA Site Selection Criteria
…NIFA personnel would be moving to outside of the National Capital Region by the end of 2019. “We don’t undertake these relocations lightly, and we are doing it to improve…
Consumers Want to Hear About Sustainable Ag Practices from Farmers
…learn. “It’s not the easiest thing to do but open it up, open doors, don’t be afraid,” said Editor at Large at GreenBiz, Bob Langert. “I think many are afraid…