…reduce greenhouse gases. For more information, visit the latest chapter of USDA’s Medium page, How Food and Forestry Are Adapting to a Changing Climate. Since 2009, NIFA has invested in…
Agri View: Pollinator Extinction
…by comparison — 16 percent are threatened with extinction, “with a trend towards more extinctions,” the researchers say. About 75 percent of the world’s food crops, the report notes, depend…
Almond Board: Upcoming Workshops
…From the Almond Board, at almonds.com: Save the date for a weed identification and management workshop near you: May 10 – Arbuckle (Nickels Soil Lab, Green Bay Road) May 11…
ABC Expands Elementary Educational Program
…activity book, which insert the teaching of agriculture — specifically almonds — into the classroom. “California is the number one agricultural-producing state, with 80% of the world’s almonds grown here,”…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
UC releases new cost studies for growing almonds UC Agricultural Issues Center has released three new studies on the cost and returns of growing almonds in the Sacramento and San…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…prune crop is lighter than usual, but he believes he may be one of the luckier growers whose orchards bloomed as the storms died down. “I feel better about our…
Agri View: Cattle Ranching
Everett Griner talks about cattle ranching in the U. S. is big business in today’s Agri View. Cattle Ranching In this video titled Cattle Ranching from Americas Heartland, Reporter Sarah…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…is an important tool in helping CAC understand the industry’s overall productivity and grower intentions in light of industry variables such as water pricing, availability and global market competition. Surveys…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…nutrient-dense almonds. At the same time, there are concerns about competition for limited resources in California, raising questions such as: What has this tree inrease replaced? What are the implications…
Slightly Higher Acres Removed in Almond Report
…the previous high prices for almonds. Prices have dropped significantly however, and producers are taking those trees out of production. Doll says the other factor is water scarcity and price….
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…growers is unlikely to ever attain 100 percent completeness. ·It is difficult for USDA, NASS to detect growers that are planting almonds for the first time. The detailed data reflects…
Meals for Kids
…standards by October 1, 2017. Regulations Child and Adult Care Food Program: Meal Pattern Revisions Related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Final Rule One-Page Summaries of the…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
From: The Hill.com By Sarah Ferris and Peter Sullivan, The Hill.com writers The United States is on the verge of a national crisis that could mean the end of clean,…
Smithsonian – “Ask a Farmer”
…Bays, Bays Ranch • Westley CA 2:00 pm; Coulter Performance Plaza Daniel is a fifth-generation farmer working with his father and grandfather in Westley, CA. Their farm grows apricots, almonds,…