…practices that are within reach for all California almond growers. With water allocations in question and groundwater regulations looming, it is in the best interest of all California farmers to…
Agri View: Avian Flu
Avian Flu is scary. It is devastating to poultry farmers and it affects practically every family in America. Everett Griner talks about how the Avian Flu may soon vanish in…
Growth Energy Makes Major Gift to Agricultural Education Scholarship Fund
…career that will help further the innovation, promise and bounty of America’s farmers. American agriculture and those invested in it are the backbone of this nation and Growth Energy is…
Big Data Brings Farmers New Rewards, New Risks
…AFBF and its partners are currently developing tools to help farmers evaluate privacy agreements and data storage options. When farmers and businesses work together, Hurst told the committee, they can…
Industry Leaders Back Recharge Project
…help the project over the next two years. The Almond Board will identify farmers who are already using or are interested in trying recharge and enrolling them in a Sustainable…
Diets and Weight Loss
…and Weight Loss-Part 1 Read more about Dr. Kevin Hall, Senior Researcher, National Institutes of Health. Check out an incomplete list of diets, according to Wikipedia, that you may be…
Cotton Tour Brings Farm Awareness
…Westside Farmers Co-op Gin where they got to see how the heavy modules are moved and how the cotton is processed. Co-founder of the group “My Job Depends On Ag”…
USDA Issues Safety-Net Payments to Farmers Facing Market Downturn
…Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs will receive safety-net payments for the 2014 crop year. “Unlike the old direct payments program, which paid farmers in good years and bad, the 2014…
GMO Testing Pilot Project to Ensure Compliance with National Organic Program
…integrity of organic agriculture and the farmers who grow it. We see these efforts reflected in consumer preferences, at the farmers’ markets and the supermarkets, and on the labels of…
Star Wars and Disney in the Produce Aisle
…find characters like Elsa and Anna from Frozen, and Captain America and Thor. Even Darth Vader is moving to the lighter side of food – healthy produce, that is. Those…
USDA/NRCS Video: California Soil Health Partnership
USDA/NRCS Soil Health videos featuring California farmers. The fifth of this series is titled: Michael Crowell Profile in Soil Health For any California farmer who doubts the soil-health benefits of…
Map Identifies Farmland with Greatest Potential for Groundwater Recharge
…could also mitigate downstream flood risks.” Rain check What can farmers and water managers do in preparation for a potentially wet winter? UC Davis researchers offer these tips: * Minimize…
USDA/NRCS Video: California Soil Health Partnership
USDA/NRCS Soil Health videos featuring California farmers. The fourth of this series it titled: Jesse Sanchez Profile in Soil Health Some people want to build better mousetraps. Jesse Sanchez wants…
National Co-op Month: A Reminder of the Cooperative Nature of Food and Agriculture
…that serve as supportive foundations for farmers and ranchers, and they can be as simple as direct marketing between farmers and consumers. Co-ops enable many small family farm operations to…