DWR/Local Groundwater Monitoring Partnership Expands and Improves The latest update on California’s efforts to track groundwater shows that 94 percent of the state’s 127 high- and medium-priority groundwater basins are…
Mid-Year Field Crop and Acreage Production
…percent below 2015. California’s acreage seeded to wheat other than Durum totaled 420 thousand acres, up 5 percent from last year. An estimated 175 thousand acres of California’s wheat other…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
Strategies Aimed at Improving Survival of Endangered Fish, But Call for New Summer Water Release Image provided by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences The California Department of Natural Resources…
Partnership Keeps Pressure on Nut Cargo Theft
…WAPA in its legislative efforts.” About Western Agricultural Processors The Western Agricultural Processors Association represents tree nut huller/sheller and processors of almonds, pistachios, walnuts, and pecans in California on regulatory…
CA Welcomes Farmers Market Proclamation
California welcomes proclamation of National Farmers Market Week in August by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Farmers Market in San Francisco, California Tom Vilsack recently signed…
Citrus Forecast has Slight Changes
The final citrus crop forecast of the 2015-16 season, issued by Mark Hudson, USDA Agricultural Statistics Board, is up 2.5 million boxes for California, now at 54.5 million boxes. The…
Forecasting Temperatures Easier Than Rain
…Rain Variability and Forecasting California weather can be hard to predict outside of a relatively short period of time. AgNet West has talked about this issue before with California Department…
Identifying Ants First Step in Control
Ants are a hit-or-miss pest in almonds, depending a lot on the soil type of the orchard. Advisors say properly identifying ants is an important step to determining pressure. Identifying…
Commodity Carnival
…hog. Based on CME Group and 4–H’s Commodity Carnival board game, players will experience real life agricultural risks and will need to make strategic decisions in order to win the…
The California Kitchen: Elote (Corn on the Cob)
…To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Elote (Corn on the Cob) For this and many more of these recipes visit:…
Basin Boundary Modifications Update
DWR Releases Draft of Approved Changes to California Groundwater Basin Boundaries DWR will hold a series of public meetings to present the Draft Approved Basin Boundary Modifications this week, provide…
Weigh a Bee
Entomologists, Engineers Work Together to Weigh a Bee By Andy Fell, UC Davis California yellow-faced bumblebee approaching a California poppy. Wild bumblebees are important pollinators. UC Davis researchers are studying…
Water Challenges Make Conservation Standard
Conservation will likely be a regular practice for California’s water future even when changes come to the water system. Challenges continue again this year despite an increase in precipitation this…
Conservation: The California Lifestyle
California Department of Water Resources Unveils Conservation: The California Lifestyle at State Fair Making conservation a way of life in California is the focus of three beautiful, information-packed exhibits by…