2015-2016 Blue Jacket Bonanza Program

Taylor HillmanEducation

The Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Fund for Ag Education 501 is proud to announce the application period for the 2015-2016 Blue Jacket Bonanza program is now open. The program is made…

Tight U.S. Supply Boosts Sales of Specialty Eggs

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…during the height of the outbreak, said Paul Cahill, president of Farm Fresh Foods, an egg supplier in Santa Ana, that he found himself scrambling to find enough Proposition 2-compliant…

Navel Crop Estimated Large, Might Miss Target

Taylor HillmanTree, nut & vine crops

The Cooperative Agricultural Support Services (CASS) 2015-16 California Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report released on September 11, 2015, forecasts the upcoming navel crop to be 86 million, 40-pound cartons. Eighty-three…

State Pear Growers Report Quality Crop

Taylor HillmanGeneral

farm labor contractors were unable to source the total number of employees they needed, she said. “Every year it seems the amount of people available to help with harvest decreases,”…