Monterey Mushrooms Awards $204,000 in Scholarships

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…pursue higher education degrees at accredited colleges, universities and vocation/technical schools. To apply, the student shares their educational background, academic goals and aspirations, school activities, work experience, and personal achievements….

FSA Offers Help for CA Farmers, Ranchers Affected by Fires

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…Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program, and the Tree Assistance Program. In addition, the FSA Emergency Conservation Program provides funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged…

Tight U.S. Supply Boosts Sales of Specialty Eggs

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…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…

State Pear Growers Report Quality Crop

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…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,”…

Progress Reported on Planning for Sites Reservoir

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…looking at improving that number with alternative approaches.” Taking a broader view of the proposed Sites Reservoir project, California Farm Bureau Feder-ation Water Committee Chairman John Garner said it’s clear…