…variety crushed for 2016, held 2.0 percent of the total crush. District 13, (Madera, Fresno, Alpine, Mono, Inyo Counties; and Kings and Tulare Counties north of Nevada Avenue (Avenue 192)),…
Reflections of a Farm Broadcaster
…programs from the network’s home base near Fresno. The invitation to attend the annual YF&R gathering, held this past weekend in Modesto, was an extra treat. I’ve been in farm…
FCFB: No Water Announcement Is ‘Completely Unacceptable’
Fresno County Farm Bureau (FCFB) issues statement on water supply for county’s federal water contractors Statement by CEO Ryan Jacobsen: “Mother Nature has provided a bountiful precipitation season-one that will…
USDA Invests $4.8 Million in University Agricultural Programs
…California State University, Bakersfield, California, $149,753 California State University Fresno Foundation, Fresno, California, $148,699 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, $300,000 Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, Bowling Green, Kentucky, $297,278 Murray…
CDFA Selects Organizations to Provide Technical Assistance to SWEEP Applicants
…are: 1) Cachuma Resource Conservation District, Santa Maria 2) Ventura County Resource Conservation District 3) Butte County Resource Conservation District 4) University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno County 5) Resource…
California Preliminary Grape Crush Report
…leading raisin grape variety crushed for 2016, held 2.0 percent of the total crush. District 13, (Madera, Fresno, Alpine, Mono, Inyo Counties; and Kings and Tulare Counties north of Nevada…
NASA Report: San Joaquin Valley Land Continues to Sink
…subsidence bowls covering hundreds of square miles grew wider and deeper between spring 2015 and fall 2016. Subsidence also intensified at a third area, near Tranquillity in Fresno County, where…
Almond Board: Irrigation Workshops
…at the Modesto Junior College ag pavilion. The Fresno workshop is March 2 at the Fresno State CIT Building. Topics include the tools available to help support almond growers in…
‘Valley’s Gold’ Gets National Exposure
The Fresno County Farm Bureau (FCFB) got a chance to show people around the nation what its award winning “Valley’s Gold” television show is all about. AgNet West caught up…
Drenching Rains Dent California Drought
…as Fresno goes, we are now at 3.86 inches of precipitation,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Brian Ochs said from his office in Hanford. “The historical average from January 1 to…
Western View: Drought-Busting Rain?
…home park by Woodward, off of highway 41 in Fresno. It’s on the flood plain of the San Joaquin river, and when they have to release a lot of water…
E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo Scholarship Available
World Ag Expo and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up again to provide the “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, created to support agricultural education. High school seniors from Madera, Fresno,…
Central Valley Growers Welcome Cold
…Similarly, in Tulare and Fresno Counties temperatures were well within preferable ranges. Most mandarin growers report running wind machines on average 16 hours this weekend. Navel oranges, by contrast, can…
Beet Curly Top Virus Report
…to find. Fall host plants were declining in suitability for the BLH and winter host plants were just beginning to germinate. Field conditions for Fresno, Kern, and Kings Counties were…