…farms at more than 6 percent last year, with close to 3,000 farms shutting down. Perdue noted that during that same time, the number of dairy cows has not declined…
Sugar Beets Show Strong Potential as Livestock Feed
…that bode well for production on dairy farms. “Where soils have some salt issues or where salts have been built up over time through manure additions on farms, it will…
UC ANR Takes In-Depth Look at the Cannabis Industry
…from a study of price patterns at California cannabis retailers. Other research explores the demographics of cannabis farmers, the characteristics of farms that are applying for cultivation permits, and what…
Agriculture Groups Respond to Japan Trade Deal
…and ranchers. “Japan is American agriculture’s fourth-largest export destination and vital to the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of farms and the families who live on them. We export nearly…
Farmers, Restaurants, Chefs Urge Passage of USMCA
…Mulvaney said. “The USMCA will ensure that their efforts will pay off, for their families, workforce and consumers.” The California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches…
Shaping the ‘Women for the Land’ Initiative in California
…landowners to adopt environmentally sound farming practices, protect farmland, and improve the viability of their farms.” On Wednesday, September 25 AFT is hosting a focus group at the San Diego…
Sustainability in Action Meeting Coming Up in Salinas
…and will include personnel from Duda Family Farms, Rio Farms, and Lipman Family Farms. There will also be ‘speed solution’ presentations in the afternoon which will focus on topics related…
Hope Remains for SB 559 Despite Failing to Pass in Legislature
…partners.” The Friant-Kern Canal delivers an average of more than one million acre-feet of water every year to more than 18,000 farms throughout the Central Valley. The bill is being…
The Western View: Could farmers be the heroes of the 21st century?
…reduce inputs while increasing production. Our farms are an asset the world needs now, unlike any other time in history. Our farmers can also help solve the climate change crisis….
The Western View: New Income Source From Farming?
…They have a history of helping farms around the country improve production by employing techniques that improve the organic content of the soil. It seems like a given – farms…
Pork Industry Receives USDA Grant to Open ASF Dialogue in Asia
…farms Validating use of swine oral fluids to confirm farm or region positive or negative status Exploring the potential to isolate the virus on one area of a farm to…
Central Valley Dairy Biogas Facility to be Largest in U.S.
…end of the year. Calgren Dairy Fuels recently completed the renewable natural gas facility which will collect manure from four local dairy farms and process it using an anaerobic digestor. …
Analyzing Genomes to Improve Disease Control in Poultry
…same farms in the last three years and in the 1990s were nearly identical. This illustrates the ease with which virulent Marek’s disease viruses can persist and spread between flocks…
Research Finds One-Third of Food Grown Goes Unharvested
…fields, but the research suggested that those estimates can be far too conservative. Data collected on more than 100 farms in northern and central California showed that in-field food waste…