…data collected can show farmers where to add or reduce water or pesticides, or help farmers determine when to harvest. “People in the U.S. and EU no longer want to…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship Award
…Fairgrounds. This annual event is sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau and Agri-Culture. For more information about the Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship, please contact Agri-Culture at 722-6622 or…
California Grape Acreage Report
…Department of Food and Agriculture partners with the Pacific Regional Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct an annual acreage survey of California grape growers. The…
Bureau Seeks Applicants for Youth Leadership Program
Calling all high school sophomores, Tulare County Farm Bureau’s Youth Leadership program applications are now available. Visit the Tulare County Farm Bureau (TCFB) website at www.tulcofb.org to apply online or…
Grapefruit, Lemons Tangerines Change in April Crop Forecast
USDA April Citrus Crop Forecast Has Changes in Grapefruit and Lemons Mark Hudson, USDA/NASS delivered the April citrus crop forecast from Washington D.C.. The California Valencia orange forecast is 10.5…
USDA Expands Safety-Net for Dairy Operations
…the farm safety net, expanding credit options and growing domestic and foreign markets, USDA is committed to helping American farming operations remain successful.” Vilsack The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April12
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Agri View: Driverless Tractors
…few years. The tractors use GPS and other wireless technologies to farm land without the need of a driver. They operate simply with the aid of a supervisor monitoring the…
Sec. Ross’ Visit to Vietnam
…departments of agriculture as well as the territorial departments in Guam and Samoa. For more than three decades, WUSATA has offered programs and services to assist exporters of high-value food…
Veteran Serves Escondido Ag Community
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is celebrating National Volunteer Week by thanking and honoring its Earth Team volunteers Commander Everest and a landowner inspect an insect trap as part of…
Climate Change Bill Moves Forward
Bill supporting farmers’ efforts to combat climate change moves forward Unanimous, bipartisan support for Wolk climate change measure Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) Legislation by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) to support…
Agri View: SNAP Fraud
Everett Griner talks about SNAP fraud proving costly in today’s Agri View. SNAP Fraud From: USDA Food and Nutrition Service What is SNAP Fraud? SNAP fraud is when SNAP benefits…
Near Normal Snowpack in Most of the West
Parts of the Southwest remain dry During March, the Northwest received above average precipitation and the Southwest dried out, according to data from the fourth 2016 forecast by USDA’s Natural…
Farm Credit Top 100 Honorees
Farm Credit celebrated National Ag Day on March 15th by announcing the top honorees of their 100 Fresh Perspectives program. From July to December of 2015, Farm Credit searched for…