…issued by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board be adopted statewide without any consideration of local county guidance. A group that includes several agricultural industry…
Ag Order 4.0: Farm Impact Stories Needed
…Executive Director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau. “At this point, it’s a little late to mail a letter so we suggest everything be submitted electronically.” The order is aimed…
Fictitious Pickup Details Show Criminals Getting Deceptive
AgNet West has learned more about the two loads of almonds that were stolen by criminals last week. The loads were taken from Kern County and criminals used a fictitious…
Meyer Receives Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
…late Charlie Rominger, a fifth-generation Yolo County farmer and land preservationist. Meyer has directed the environmental stewardship efforts of the California Dairy Quality Assurance Program (CDQAP)—a voluntary partnership between the…
Prescribed Burn Association Coming to Central Coast
…San Benito County UC Cooperative Extension Office in collaboration with the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County. The grant will be used to conduct five prescribed burns and provide outreach…
CAWG Foundation Awards $30,000 in Student Scholarships
…her community, Yasmin has volunteered for the Food Bank Coalition of SLO County for the past few years, participated in her church’s Chosen program for confirmation, and works as a…
Successful Elimination of Virulent Newcastle Disease in California
…that there are no signs of Newcastle Disease in the greater L.A. area.” The disease was first detected in May of 2018 in Los Angeles County and by December the…
Legislation Seeks to Address San Joaquin Valley Canals
…on the Friant-Kern Canal, the California Aqueduct, and the Delta Mendota Canal. The San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement would also receive funding support to help restore salmon populations. An average…
Processing Tomatoes, Walnuts See Slight Forecast Increase
…variety with 133,609 bearing acres, and Tulare is now second on the list with 29,331 bearing acres, dropping Hartley to third. San Joaquin County shows the largest acreage with 14 percent of the…
Tree Nut Industry Provides Funding for more UCCE Researchers
…of experimental and demonstration field trials, along gathering and compiling data associated with the projects. The cooperative arrangement was developed to mirror a similar effort in Colusa County where the…
The Western View: Chinese Food Imports Are Risky Business
…obvious we need strong standards and strong County of Origin labeling, and we need them on all food products, not just meat. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View…
Heat Illness Prevention Critical During First Triple-Digit Heatwave
With the first heatwave of the season coming to California, heat illness prevention becomes a critical aspect for farming operations to consider. Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever…
Area-Wide Treatments Holding the Line for Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
…implemented to curb the pest’s ability to spread Pierce’s Disease in vineyards. The management program has primarily focused on Fresno, Kern, Madera, Riverside, and Tulare counties. Courtesy: UC Riverside “For…
Regional Conversation Partnership Program Applications Accepted Through May 29
…Central Valley. Another $10 million was authorized for increasing water use efficiency in the San Joaquin Valley. “It could be a small watershed, it could be a countywide or multi-county,…