Gabe Youtsey California agriculture sits at the center of both national food security and global innovation. At FIRA USA 2025, Ag Meter sat down with Gabe Youtsey of UC Agriculture…
Beef Plan, Spray Tech, and AI: California Ag Eyes Relief and Reinvention
…state’s defining challenge. Boyd said UF is investing heavily in agricultural AI—building an applied AI center with new state and federal support—and scouting technologies that can retrofit existing equipment, target…
CAPCA 2025: PCAs, Innovation, and Leadership Take Center Stage
…CDFA, UC researchers, and industry groups will lead to solutions. The show also featured Dr. Lauren Fann, manager of Pest Research and Pollination Research at the Almond Board of California,…
F3 Innovate: Powering the Central Valley’s AgTech Revolution
…and local community colleges like Merced College and Reedley College, which play a vital role in its research and education ecosystem. For instance, F3 Innovate’s AI for Ag Supercomputing Center,…
Van Groningen & Sons: A Century of California Farming
…in the world.” Pumpkin Season: A California Classic As fall arrives, pumpkins take center stage at Van Groningen & Sons. The family grows around 60 different pumpkin varieties, ranging from…
Todd Snider Takes the Helm at Kern County Farm Bureau, Calls for Smarter Water Policy and Farm Advocacy
…warning it would “destroy rural representation” by allowing redistricting power to shift to political insiders. “Voters need to do their research,” he said. “If this passes, rural California will lose…
How Ralston Purina Revolutionized American Agriculture
…research, values that became central to Purina’s identity. Partnership with Webster Edgerly and the Birth of Ralston Purina Danforth’s innovation soon caught the attention of Webster Edgerly, the founder of…
Nat DiBuduo: Politics, Water & California Farming
…“You’ve got to have better production than we’ve had in the past. That means investing in technology and research to produce higher yields of quality grapes.” He echoed a sentiment…
Ag Innovation and PCA Leadership: Priscilla Koepke and Mando Perez on AgNet News Hour
…and innovation. The organization, funded through federal, state, and local partnerships, focuses on bridging the gap between research, education, and real-world farming applications. “We’re here to connect scientists, students, and…
The Roots of 4-H: Jessie Shambaugh and the Birth of American Agricultural Youth
…Cooperative Extension Service. This initiative connected land-grant universities with local communities, enabling farmers and youth to receive research-based agricultural education. With this legislation, 4-H gained national recognition as part of…
How the Smith-Lever Act Created 4-H and Transformed Rural America
…livestock, and home economics. The law created a system that connected land-grant universities with communities across the nation, ensuring that agricultural innovation and scientific research reached producers and their families…
David Tangipa: Fighting for California Farmers and Rejecting Proposition 50
…them to the rest of America would be catastrophic. Defending the Central Valley — The State’s Beating Heart At the center of Tangipa’s message is a deep pride in the…
Why Prop 50 Threatens Rural Representation: California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass
…the center of the debate is a proposal that would suspend the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission and allow elected officials to redraw congressional boundaries themselves. For Shannon Douglass, president of…
Grand Island: From Settlers’ Trail to Husker Harvest Days
Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Each September, Grand Island, Nebraska, becomes the center of attention in the farming world as it hosts Husker Harvest Days. Known as one of…