Research that is being made possible through the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Healthy Soils Demonstration Project is starting to take shape at multiple sites throughout the state. Researchers…
USDA Predicts Increase in Farm Income for 2019
…March 6 from the USDA Economic Research Service demonstrates an expectation for net income to increase $6.3 billion for the year, an increase of about ten percent compared to 2018…
Study Clarifies U.S. Beef’s Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
…country, added Rotz, with ARS’ Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit in University Park, Pennsylvania. His collaborators are former ARS research associate Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Greg Thoma of the University…
California Walnuts Receive Trade Funding for Tariff Relief
…California Walnut Board (CWB), seek to maintain the industries competitiveness in the marketplace, from research to marketing, not only for the present but for our future. The California walnut industry…
Progress in Combating Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) Photographer: Reyes Garcia III, USDA Agricultural Research Service, United States The glassy-winged sharpshooter is the culprit behind the spread of Pierce’s disease among grapevines. The insect…
FFA Chapters Use Innovative Microsoft Solution to Delve Deeper Into Agriculture
…of a collaboration announced last year between National FFA and Microsoft to bring innovative technology, science, research, and entrepreneurship to the classrooms of the more than 650,000 FFA student members…
Annual Survey Finds 80% of Producers Believe Beef Checkoff Drives Beef Demand
…the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. To ensure unbiased results, the checkoff hires a research firm without any input from its contractors, including NCBA. In January 2019, Luce Research conducted this independent…
USDA Provides Funding to California to Support Projects that Protect Agriculture and Natural Resources
…support pest and disease mitigation research to protect ornamental nurseries; $239,477 to develop tools for the identification and detection of Graminicolous downy mildews, a group of plant pathogens that threaten…
Nighttime Labor Regulation Language to Be Reviewed in April
…at 10-foot candle brightness requirement. So if you used a worker harvesting grapes at night as the center point, this standard is saying that there has to be 10 feet…
Study Reveals Pigs Can Transmit FMD Prior to Signs of Sickness
…in ARS’s Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Orient Point, New York. Prior to this research, it was believed that transmission of FMD did not…
Survey Evaluating Energy Costs of Groundwater Pumping Remains Open
A research project looking into the energy costs associated with groundwater pumping is seeking participation from growers via an online survey of farms and ranches. Producers are being encouraged to…
The Western View: The Hidden Treasure of Barstow
…and information centers in the area that are well worth your time. The BLM’s Desert Discovery Center has several displays that explain much about the desert and the native peoples,…
New Report Details Options for Addressing Water Issues
A recently released report provides different options for addressing water issues in the San Joaquin Valley. Research conducted on behalf of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) estimates that…
Researching Additional Scouting Strategies for ACP
Several research projects continue at UC Riverside, evaluating different strategies for better detection of Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). One of the Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialists, Monique Rivera is looking into…