…in Merced County, 29 sites in Fresno County, 24 sites in Kings County, 13 sites in Kern County, 11 sites in Tulare County, and one site in Madera County. In…
Data Integration Vital to the Farm of the Future
…West Hills College Coalinga. TERRY BRASE REVIEWS DATA ACQUISITION WITH VERIS MACHINE Director of the Center for Irrigation Technology at Fresno State Dr. David Zoldoske provided an introduction for the…
Training Courses to Fulfill Part of Produce Safety Rule
…in Bakersfield November 8th at The Lodge at Blue Lake in Upper Lake November 13th at the Piccadilly Inn in Fresno December 3rd at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in…
HungerU Displays the Role of Agriculture in Combatting Hunger
…States. California State University Fresno was the first campus in California for the HungerU mobile educational exhibit, which will continue traveling through the state with stops at UC Davis, UCLA,…
The Western View: Weather, Rain or Drought Ahead
It’s finally fall. This year, summer held on to the last possible second, giving us the treat of one of the hottest summers ever. Here in the Fresno, California area,…
Forage Industry Updated at Field Day
…in Fresno and Madera Counties, Shannon Mueller, spoke on alfalfa variety selection. “A lot of growers will get their information from the local seed dealer or maybe their PCA and…
Kern County Tops 2016 Ag Production
…of $7.19 billion. Tulare County, which is frequently the top performing county, came in at $6.37 billion, followed by Fresno County at $6.18 billion. Kern County growers are responsible for…
Lowest Navel Orange Projection in Nine Years
…annual Navel Orange Objective Measurement Survey results. Over 97 percent of the total 70 million cartons forecasted are estimated to be in the Central Valley, which includes Madera, Fresno, Tulare,…
Wind, Rain Hit Central Valley Vineyards
…are already on the ground. “Everybody just hopes that when an event does happen that it’s followed by sunny days and specifically breezy sunny days.” Fresno County is the biggest…
California Clears First SGMA Hurdle
…throughout the state with the first scheduled for September 20th in the Fresno area. The requirements established by SGMA are intended to provide a safeguard against sustained periods of drought…
Fresno County 2016 Crop Report Shows Drought, Market Impacts
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors were presented with the Fresno County Department of Agriculture’s 2016 Crop and Livestock Report, which illustrated a decline of 7.23% percent from 2015. Overall…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
Thomas Montgomery, an award-winning winemaker and Fresno State alumnus, is the Fresno State Winery’s new winemaker. The Sanger native, who honed a reputation for award-winning Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Bordeaux…
Labor Shortages Continue to Plague California
…outside the box. Many farming operations are offering different types of incentives to help attract workers in preparation for their busiest time of year. CEO of the Fresno County Farm…
Tomato Harvest Slowly Gains Momentum
…in Fresno and Kern counties the week of July 7. As with many others, Hartwig said the farm has been working to cope with a shortage of available employees. In…