Triple-digit temperatures have arrived in California, highlighting the importance of agricultural operations having their heat illness prevention protocols implemented. Lawmakers and industry members have voiced concerns related to the Farmers…
Tree Nut Industry Provides Funding for more UCCE Researchers
…support. Collaborations like this are one of the many ways that the UC system is able to support important agricultural research through alternative funding methods. “By supporting these new positions…
Technical Assistance Grant Adds Boots On The Ground as Fire Season Begins
A Technical Assistance Grant from the National Association of Conservation Districts is bringing nine new positions to resource conservation districts (RCDs) in California. Adding personnel to multiple RCDs will add…
The Western View: Chinese Food Imports Are Risky Business
…be contaminated. 54,000 Chinese infants were hospitalized in that incident. The company Shuanghui International, which supplies the vegetable matter for the fake meat , also owns the American company Smithfield…
Heat Illness Prevention Critical During First Triple-Digit Heatwave
…the Farm Employer Labor Service, and AgSafe all have literature and training materials available to keep farming operations informed about what is required. “It’s a tough role to try and…
More Than 300 Projects Selected for Healthy Soils Program
…2020 funding cycle to help make the application process simpler and better align with USDA’s National Resource Conservation Service Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The Healthy Soils Program is administered by…
Lawmakers Raise Questions About Food Box Program Administration
…without an overreliance on subcontractors. The lawmakers also asked whether applicants had to have a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Ace license or have previous experience in the agricultural sector. Industry groups…
Implementation of Chinese Trade Agreement Continues Making Headway
…is reportedly being made in the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement as it pertains to agricultural products. “China has worked with the United States to implement measures that…
Another Tool for Growers Fighting Grape Diseases
…said Garrett Gilcrease, Agronomy Service Representative with Syngenta Crop Protection. “With these little rains we’ve had and warmer weather, we have a very large canopy now. Therefore airflow, humidity, is…
NRCS Partnership to Enhance San Joaquin Valley Water Efficiency
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is working with American Farmland Trust (AFT) to help enhance San Joaquin Valley water efficiency. The San Joaquin Valley Land and Water Conservation Collaboration…
The Western View: It’s Time To Open For Business
…and services. We must get the wheels of the marketplace turning again. Remember that the quarantine was initiated to give our medical service time to adjust to the pandemic. Staff…
World Market Projected to be Down on Cotton Prices
…are expected to be 400,000 bales higher. Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, Dr. Jody Campiche detailed what the world market looks like for…
Farming Incentives Required to Meet California’s GHG Goals
…Several initiatives such as the Healthy Soils Program, Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program, and the Alternative Manure Management Program have helped the agricultural industry to adopt new farming practices to…
Updated Allocations Bring Modest Increase for CVP Contractors
…dry. Reclamation will continue to monitor conditions and adjust accordingly. We urge our contractors to continue to exercise conservative use of the resource.” The allocation for south-of-Delta agricultural water service…