…fire funding issue at a roundtable with USFS employees. Last month, Secretary Perdue discussed the 2017 wildfire season while touring damage from the Creek Fire, that ravaged Los Angeles County…
President Trump Signs Omnibus
…the mandate. Other provisions important to agriculture and rural communities include a pilot program related to county-level agricultural risk coverage payments; critical forest management reforms, including allowing the U.S. Forest…
Final Grape Crush Up Slightly Over Last Season
…total crush. District 13, (Madera, Fresno, Alpine, Mono, Inyo Counties; and Kings and Tulare Counties north of Nevada Avenue (Avenue 192)), had the largest share of the State’s crush, at…
NCBA President Has Ambitious Goals for 2018
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) held their national convention last month where NCBA President, and Monterey County Rancher, Kevin Kester explained some of the most significant issues that the…
Injunction Prohibits Component of Pest Prevention and Management Program
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction suspending a major component of the Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program that is administered by the California Department of…
USDA Helps Cotton Producers Maintain, Expand Domestic Market
…county office. To find your local FSA county office, visit the USDA’s new website: https://www.farmers.gov/. NCC Applauds Secretary Perdue for Ginning Cost Share Program The National Cotton Council (NCC) greatly…
Charring Experience Helps Conservation Planner Assist Others
…county. Loganbill is honored by the acknowledgment but said there is some irony to his story as a fire helped put him in the position he is in. About the…
California Vegetables More Than Half of U.S. Total
…about 30 miles south of San Jose. California produced over $322 million worth of fresh market garlic. Wowzers! Gilroy may not be in the largest garlic-producing county, but its farmers…
Wenger Headlines California State Fair Award Recipients
…their contributions to the California wine industry. This year’s inaugural awards go to Fresno State University Professor, Kenneth Fugelsang and Fetzer Vineyards Winemaker, Dennis Martin. Wenger will be honored at…
California Young Farmers and Ranchers Win Big at National Conference
…problem solving, solution building discussion on some tough issues.” Tim Truax of Fresno State represented California in the competition and became the 2018 Collegiate Discussion Meet National Winner out of…
Confirmation of Northey for USDA Applauded
…for the USDA.” Northey is a fourth-generation farmer and former commissioner for the Dickinson County Soil and Water Conservation District. He has managed and directed natural resource management programs, set…
Low Temperatures Causing Concern for Almond Growers
…of icicles hanging from almond blooms. Courtesy: Kern County Farm Bureau “I have growers from Bakersfield all the way up to Sacramento and what I’ve seen so far and what…
Sonoma County Sustainability Program Close to Achieving Goal
…produced with Sonoma County grapes is done so using sustainable practices. Starting with the 2017 vintage, there are already 24,000 cases of Sonoma County wine bearing the new logo signifying…
Multi-Day Event in Chico will Focus on Soils, Students and Community
…deposits extending in the Northern Sacramento Valley) in Butte County. There will be a group dinner and speakers to follow that evening. Advance registration is required. The event wraps up…