…Finally, more research centers designed to learn effective new and innovative methods to facilitate restoration of bee populations throughout the world are sorely needed. Just this month the University of…
Citrus Research Board Hires Dr. Melinda Klein as Chief Research Scientist
The Citrus Research Board (CRB) is proud to announce the hiring of Dr. Melinda Klein as Chief Research Scientist. Dr. Klein will be joining the organization on May 1, 2016….
Three California Organizations for Climate Action Leadership
…the fifth year of the annual Climate Leadership Awards, a partnership between EPA’s Center for Corporate Climate Leadership, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and the Climate Registry. Awardees…
Agri View: Sweet Onion Thing
…provided a vehicle for producers to jointly fund research and promotional programs. Beginning in 1990, technology borrowed from the apple industry was adapted to begin the controlled atmosphere (CA) storage…
Almond Board: CASP Workshops
…current needs and future opportunities. Series 1: Almond Board Tools to Ease Irrigation and Nitrogen Budgeting and Compliance March 15 – Tulare Tulare Agri-Center | Conference Dining Room | 4500…
$14.5 Million in Available Funding for Plant-Biotic Research
NIFA, NSF Announce $14.5 Million in Available Funding for Plant-Biotic Research The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) joined with the National Science Foundation…
Growing Safely – Rural Road Safety
…LEFT TURN need extra space. They may be pulling over to the right to make a left turn. Tractors move into the center lane to avoid hitting guardrails or mailboxes…
Agri View: El Niño Weather
…weekly SST data from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. Citing the latest model guidance, NOAA/CPC said Thursday El Niño, as it typically does, will continue to weaken through the spring, eventually…
Safeguarding California – Climate Change Implementation Action Plan for Agriculture
…to climate change. Excerpts: CDFA has developed outreach and incentive programs such as the Healthy Soils Initiative, the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP), and the Dairy Digester Research…
Quest to Convert Algae to Biofuel
…of nitrogen. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers may have found a key to converting algae to fuel. The scientists have found what researchers call a…
Diversified Ag Field for College Students
…study necessary? AFA, in partnership with Millennium Research, commissioned a study to discern if the AFA Leader Development Model is appropriately preparing future leaders in agriculture. Results of the survey…
Five Lessons for California from Australia’s Drought
…Commission and the Metropolitan Water District, chipped in funding for the research. Drought-affected fields in the Victorian countryside, 2006 The report chronicles four areas: Perth; Sydney; Brisbane and Southeast Queensland;…
Networking and Education at Citrus Showcase
…two sessions that introduced attendees to some of the research they have been funding. Attendees learned about new early detection possibilities with promising research coming out of University of California…
50 Years of School Breakfast
…said Concannon. Research using USDA data found that students with access to school breakfast tend to have a better overall diet and a lower body mass index (BMI) than did…