The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced the initial 2020 water allocations for Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors. After the announcement, Reclamation officials spoke with members of the media highlighting the…
Stop the Rot Project to Combat Onion Bacterial Diseases
…feedback from the industry on our project. So if they read about the project or they hear about it and they want to provide any kind of feedback to us…
New ‘Roadmap to an Organic California’ Report Released
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) released the second portion of a research project looking at the value that organic production can provide. The Roadmap to an Organic California: Policy Report…
California Sues Trump Administration Over New Water Plan
…project operation in the Delta, to protect highly imperiled fish species close to extinction,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. During his address to the crowd of thousands in Bakersfield, President Trump…
President Trump Signs New Water Delivery Rules: ‘You’ll Be Able to Farm Your Land’
…Thousands of people were in attendance to hear President Trump speak to the water management issues in California and how he plans to address them. “After decades of failure and…
New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms
…mushroom or in the urine of someone who has eaten a poisonous amanitin-containing mushroom. The test also works with dog urine, as dogs are known to indiscriminately eat mushrooms. “We…
IPM Achievement Award Winners Announced
…will be presented at 1:30 p.m. in the Sierra Hearing Room, California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) at 1001 I St. in Sacramento. It will be webcast at https://video.calepa.ca.gov/ The IPM…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 02-18-20
…2018, but that doesn’t mean supply is decreasing. Brian German has an update on the “Stop the Rot” project for onion growers, a report on the cotton production forecast, and…
New Resistant Alfalfa Weevil Project Underway
COURTESY OF IAN GRETTENBERGER The Resistant Alfalfa Weevil (RAW) project is a new multistate collaborative effort to help better understand the level of insecticide resistance in weevils and track the…
Using Lagoon Water in SDI Systems for Forage Crops
…own area and they will actually put up $2,871 an acre if you’re approved for this project. Then they also have – for bringing the pre-cleaning – you’ve got about…
E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
…equipment on 2.6million square feet of show grounds. Event Details At-A-Glance: 2020 World Ag Expo®, February 11-13 February 11: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. February 12: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00…
FDA Stall Tactics Hurting U.S. Agriculture
(NPPC) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) misrepresentation of a gene edited livestock research project is its latest stall tactic designed to rationalize a regulatory grasp on an…
CSU-Bakersfield to Establish Grimm Family Center for Agricultural Business
…CSU-Bakersfield campus. The project is being made possible by a $5 million endowment created by Barbara Grimm-Marshall and Kari Grimm Anderson. The $5 million pledge is the single-largest gift in…
The Western View: History and Lesser-known World Ag Expo Facts
…Tulare and the show expanded. In the mid-70s, the Ag Show became the World Ag Expo® as a project of the Greater Tulare Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee. The International…