…fruits may be completely consumed. Medium to high densities of larvae will cause patches of dead grass. Damage Caused by Japanese Beetle Japanese Beetle Project Links: Japanese Beetle Treatment Page…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…University project aimed at improving our knowledge of starch digestion in cattle, and an Iowa State University project designed to improve delivery and availability of nutrients and energy to pigs…
Johnsongrass Problem Seen by Many
…which makes managing the problem a challenge. Johnsongrass Problem Seen by Many Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center Director Jeff Dahlberg is collaborating on a project looking for new management…
The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz
New Beginnings Spring from the Homeless Garden Project by Suzanne Pender, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Field crops on the Homeless Garden Project. NRCS photo. The Homeless Garden Project (HGP)…
Backyard Chicks
…In Your City – The Basics Of Raising Chickens By: support and BYC Project Manager Raising Chickens 101 So, you’re interested in raising chickens? You’ve embarked on a fun and…
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
…Project export service area. The discrepancy between the allocations for these two groups of contractors is simply the result of constraints imposed on the Project’s Delta operations by the 2008…
Water Supply Allocation Announced for CVP
The Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial 2016 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors. This allocation is based on a cautious estimate of the amount of water…
Funding Supports Local Food and Specialty Crops
…and the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program. “Over the past seven years, USDA has strengthened local and regional food systems by investing in projects that recruit and train farmers, expand economic…
Creating an Easy and Fast HLB Test
…that starts with creating a better early-detection HLB test. University of California Riverside Associate Professor Wenbo Ma is working on the project and says researchers have identified proteins that are…
Healthier Shopping
…one each in Alamogordo, N.M., and Tularosa, N.M. They also increased the time of the study from two weeks to four to test whether the boost in produce sales waned…
DWR Reaches Agreement Related to California WaterFix
…flows caused by pumping and give operators of the State Water Project (SWP) and Central Valley Project (CVP) more opportunities to capture and store water at times of peak flow….
Lettuce Research Grant
…California and Arizona. Growers use different cultivars of lettuce in each of these regions because of the climatological differences between them. “There is not a ‘one size fits all’ for…
Almond Groundwater Recharge Video
…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 Conservation program….
Collaborative Projects Aim to Aid Salmon
…“We’re doing everything we can to move this project along.” During a media briefing at the project site last week, Bair said funding for the project is coming from state…