With drought conditions rivaling those experienced in 2015, there are expectations for further agricultural land fallowing this year. As of April 13, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) shows…
Ag Youth Leadership Programs Help Guide Student Career Choices
Youth leadership programs, such as FFA or 4-H, allow students to explore their opportunities and develop their personal and professional skills. Kirsten Franks is a high school senior and president…
Week in Review: Drought Conditions Back to 2015 Levels & Cotton Acreage and Prices Up
DWR personnel have indicated that current snow levels and water conditions are similar to those seen during the height of the last drought. Cotton acreage is expected to increase to…
Reclamation Updates CVP Allocations and Operations
…coming from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta via the Delta-Mendota Canal. Similar to what occurred in relation to drought conditions in 2014 and 2015, releases from Friant Dam will take…
Almond Update: Almond Board Provides 17 Scholarships to FFA Students
…support the California FFA organization. Obviously, a main goal of FFA really revolves around leadership within the ag industry,” Bailey noted. “So many of our almond industry members have ties…
VofV: Working at the Digital Farm of the Future
…out more at WGA.com. Mark DeSantis, CEO of Bloomfield Robotics, makes a return visit to the podcast to discuss how agtech can improve work conditions for those employed at a…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 04-05-22
…survey of the season which is comparable to 2013 and 2015 numbers, also cotton acreage is up and with record prices but falls short of reaching full potential due to…
Snow Levels and Water Conditions at Comparable Levels to 2013 and 2015
…2015. “We have below average snowpack. We have below average rain. We’re going to get below average runoff that isn’t enough to fill them back up,” said de Guzman. “That’s…
Center for Land-Based Learning Brings Agriculture to Urban Students
…may be in an agriculture class. We certainly work with lots of ag programs and FFA programs, but what we do is we ask the teachers that we work with…
VofV: AI on the Farm: Sensing What Humans Can’t
…out more at WGA.com. Larry Taylor, Co-Founder of The Yield Lab Asia Pacific, and Mark DeSantis, CEO at Bloomfield Robotics, bust the myth that artificial intelligence isn’t as adaptable as…
FFA Students Compete in Sectional Speaking Competition
…FFA for Creed, Mia Gillum from Hanford FFA for Job Interview, Kirsten Franks from VTEC FFA for Extemporaneous, Sophia Benitez from Golden West for Prepared, and Gavyn Groppetti from Golden…
Discovery FFA Programs Provide Students With New Experiences
…FFA members, and have access to a small selection of the activities offered to high school FFA members. “It’s a Discovery program, so these students in my ag classes are…
Proposed and Coming Changes to Organic National List
…are certain exceptions. Based on recommendation from the National Organic Standards Board some allowable substances are being removed from the National List. Photo by Mark Stebnicki on Pexels.com The 2022…
Use of Conservation Practices Increases Over Past Decade
…Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) demonstrates progress made through voluntary conservation over a 10-year period. Findings from the report will inform future conservation strategies, including USDA’s efforts to tackle the…



















