…Obama Administration is announcing four final rules that implement important provisions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) building on the progress schools across the country have already made in…
Agri View: Lost Land
…The overgrazing stripped the land, and, in part, brought about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Congress enacted the 1934 Taylor Grazing Act, which finally established grazing districts and required…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…local cropping contexts. The series of visits demonstrated the use of no-till and minimum tillage farming, cover cropping, enhancing the diversity of above-ground species and underground soil biology, surface residue…
Ag Labor and Border Security Require Balanced Approach
…farmers. To keep that option viable, we must act soon,” Duvall said. Farmers and ranchers from all regions are ready for Congress to act on immigration reform, but as Duvall…
Shade Plants
…(to enjoy in your shade garden, of course): peppermint, chocolate mint, apple mint, ginger mint, and many others. Lemon balm, a closely related and shade-tolerant species adds citrus notes to…
Western View: Kings Forest
…resources, increase access to parks and public lands, and protect species and wildlife. So a confrontation is brewing. The environmentalists have pretty much had their way the last 40 years….
SGMA Timelines Necessary for Ag
…Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) has timelines in place that span two decades for implementation. California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director Mike Wade says that time is needed for agriculture to…
Drought Resistant Plants
…crops to everyday species you likely have growing in your backyard already, there are plenty of drought tolerant edibles to choose from. And in my experience, edibles that thrive in…
Avocado Growers Face Obstacles but Harvest More Fruit
…million people, and provides reservoir releases for species protection that supercede water supply needs of agriculture. “There’s a lot of (tree) stumping going on in our area right now,” said…
First-Ever National Academy of Sciences Prize
…2017, NAS will recognize one annual prize recipient for an extraordinary contribution to agriculture or to the understanding of the biology of a species fundamentally important to agriculture or food…
Hopper Transmits Red Blotch Virus
…sucking insects that could potentially transmit a virus,” Zalom says. “We probably screened over a hundred different species of insects. We would collect them in the field, bring them back…
Agri View: Fire Ant Problem
Everett Griner talks about a bigger, more powerful, fire ant in today’s Agri View. Fire Ant Problem From: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Imported Fire Ants Two species…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantines
…Mateo, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus counties also under quarantine. Adult Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama. Photograph by Douglas L. Caldwell, University of Florida. The ACP is an invasive species…
Humane Handling of Veal Calves
…would improve compliance with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act by encouraging improved treatment of veal calves, as well as improve inspection efficiency by allowing FSIS inspection program personnel to…