…typical year, and cities and farms rely more heavily on aquifers in drought years. Accomplishments described in the CASGEM status report include: The number of groundwater basins monitored under the…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…releases would flow out to the ocean rather than to California farms, many of which are also in dire need of water. From the Delta Smelt Plan: Outflow Augmentation Linkage…
NMPF Endorses Legislation
NMPF Endorses Legislation Protecting Dairy Farms from Litigation Under Super Fund Environmental Law The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) expressed its support for new bipartisan legislation introduced in the House…
CA Water Agencies File Suit Against Reclamation
…and 2009, the farms, families, cities and wildlife that depend upon Central Valley Project and State Water Project water supplies have suffered substantial environmental and socio-economic harm from the reduced…
Lawsuit Filed Against Hormel’s “Natural” Products
…raised using “sustainable” farming techniques on “independent” family farms, and the products are free of artificial ingredients. USDA’s definition of “natural” is: “A product containing no artificial ingredient or added…
Tools to Help Dairy Farmers
…coverage level selected by the producer. Dairy farmers can insure their farms on a sliding scale between $4 and $8 per hundredweight, deciding both how much of their production history…
Western View: Growing Hemp, Yes or No?
…allowing Hemp to be grown for research purposes and Hemp farms are springing up around the country. Hemp proponents say it is the next big crop, with huge profit potential….
Agri View: Animal Disease
…dipped in or sprayed with 2% sodium hydroxide. Equipment should be disinfected after handling, vaccinating, or testing mink on infected farms. Raccoons and flies may serve as vectors, and their…
Agricultural Imagery and Technology
…airplanes, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (drones) as a way to collect imagery that farmers can leverage to make better business and conservation decisions for their farms. As technology continues to…
NMPF Endorses Creating Tax Incentive Legislation
…farms, but as many as 8,000 farms have the potential to use them. In recent years, federal and state regulators have encouraged the entire agriculture sector to reduce farm nutrient…
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…last year. Bourque says, he’s hopeful the governor will see the benefit the program has to not only needy families, but also to the state’s family farms. Listen to Market…
2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…to agriculture or food, and 3) have a for-profit business. Agriculture and food businesses include but are not limited to the following: farms and ranches, agricultural technology, value-added food processing,…
Cage Free Egg
…disappearance of any type of caged housing on eggs farms seems as inevitable in the US as it does in Canada, due to a groundswell of commitments from dozens of…
FARMS Students Report on Agriculture
High school students get chance to be agriculture reporters for the day AgNet West and Clovis Grower Matt Efird worked with the FARMS Leadership program to show Central Valley students…