…as well as the right shelter and food and water sources that will attract them. Your garden should be designed with different sized plants that grow to different heights. Most…
Almond Update: Water Workshops Introduce Growers to Tools
Almond growers have some opportunities next week to help them be as efficient as possible with their irrigation. Almond Board of California’s Jenny Nicolau said their water workshops introduce growers…
Almond Matters: Springtime Mite Monitoring Heats Up with Temperatures
…recommendation for mite monitoring is on a weekly basis. If an orchard is known to have problem areas with trees along roads or water stress issues, monitoring should take place…
New Trap Better at Snaring Stable Flies
…through wet grass or wade through water. Traps can augment or replace insecticides, surveying and helping reduce stable fly populations, which benefit animal health and welfare. In the study, published…
The California Kitchen: Raspberry Compote
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing Raspberry Compote with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 1 C Raspberries 2 C Water 3/4…
Snow Level Still Below Average Despite Late Winter Storms
…results – while better than they were a few weeks ago – still underscore the need for widespread careful and wise use of our water supplies,” California Department of Water…
Southwest U.S. Producers Facing an Expanding Drought
An Associated Press Report says drought has begun to tighten its grip on a large area of the southwest United States. Farmers, ranchers, and water managers are getting ready for…
Almond Update: Starting Efficiency With First Water
California is warming up this week and growers are seeing a lot of green on the trees. Producers will be looking to apply their first water of the season if…
Grant Funding Available for the 2018 Alternative Manure Management Program
…methane emissions. Applicants must access the 2018 Request for Grant Applications at www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/ammp/ for detailed program requirements and application instructions. CDFA has partnered with the State Water Resources Control Board…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 03-27-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Growers are feeling better about this year’s water situation with all of the weather seen in…
NRCS, Partners Seek to Assist Bi-State Sage-Grouse Area Ranchers with Conservation through Partnership Project
…up cutoff dates. The EQIP funds are to assist with land improvements that will help address the following resource concerns: soil erosion, soil quality degradation, insufficient water, water quality degradation,…
President Trump Signs Omnibus
…disappointment in the lack of language related to the Waters of the U.S. rule. “We had hoped Congress would include language that would have authorized the administrator of the Environmental…
Almond Update: Monitor for Irrigation Timing
It’s been a different winter for almond growers this season. What started out to be a dry turned in some growers needing to apply water for frost protection, followed by…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 03-13-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Today we get an update on water storage project funding and hear how a potential new…