…Island. Bradford Island is on the center right and Jersey Island in the right lower corner. The upper left is Solano County with the city of Rio Vista on the…
Farmers Discuss Issues at State Capitol
Colusa County rice farmer Chris Torres, left, and Lake County Farm Bureau Executive Director Brenna Sullivan discuss issues important to California agriculture with Assemblymember Bill Dodd, D-Napa, right, during a…
El Nino Leaves Water Management Questions
…Index in Sacramento Basin) Central Sierra precipitation (5-station Index in San Joaquin Basin) Southern Sierra precipitation (6-station Index in Tulare Basin) Find out the latest conditions on water and snowpack….
Agri View: Real Horse Power
…it reached an all-time high of 26.4 million animals in 1918. Agricultural colleges, county agents, and tractor manufacturers spent the next 20 years urging farmers to buy tractors and get…
Fresno’s National Ag Week and Nutrition Month
Today, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors proclaimed March 14-18, 2016, to be National Agriculture Week, and the month of March 2016 to be Nutrition Month in Fresno County. National…
Three California Organizations for Climate Action Leadership
…San Bernardino Associated Governments, and County of Los Angeles) for the HERO Program was awarded the Innovative Partnerships Certificate for helping to increase the mass adoption of home energy and…
Agri View: Sweet Onion Thing
…Vidalia Onion The Vidalia Onion Story takes root in Toombs County, Georgia over 80 years ago when a farmer by the name of Moses Coleman discovered in the late spring…
Ag Students Win State Farm Bureau Discussion Titles
…included agricultural education-communication senior Dominique Germann (Ceres), animal science-livestock business management junior Emma Briggs (Santa Rosa) and animal science-pre-veterinary senior Ana Lopez Campos (Tulare). Berry earned a $1,250 prize, and…
Additional HLB-Positive Trees Confirmed in San Gabriel
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has confirmed four additional HLB-positive trees in the San Gabriel region of Los Angeles County. The trees were located on three different…
Beet Curly Top Virus Report
Beet Curly Top Virus report for February, 2016 Program-wide notice There were two locations in Fresno County that the Program was considering for winter treatment. The overwintering adult females died…
Agri View: Avian Flu…Again?
…Avian Influenza in a Commercial Turkey Flock in Dubois County, Indiana 1-15-16 Press Call Audio Response Documents: Policy, Health & Safety Information, and Resources Confirmed Detections Map for 2014-2015 Confirmed…
Almond Board: CASP Workshops
…current needs and future opportunities. Series 1: Almond Board Tools to Ease Irrigation and Nitrogen Budgeting and Compliance March 15 – Tulare Tulare Agri-Center | Conference Dining Room | 4500…
Farm Women and Consumers
…Our Food Link is a year-round program that county and state Farm Bureaus can use to effectively reach consumers of all ages and backgrounds with information about today’s agriculture. This…
Ten to Participate in Leadership Farm Bureau
…programs for the Sacramento-based California Association of Pest Control Advisers; • Dusty Ference, executive director of the Kings County Farm Bureau; • Lisa Humphreys, manager of the Glenn County Farm…