…1 – Funds for Agricultural Water Suppliers and $3 million from CDFA’s State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program. Water suppliers and agricultural operations within the respective service areas may compete…
Support for the Salton Sea
Interior Department and State of California Announce Support for the Salton Sea Assistance will improve air and water quality and fish and wildlife habitat Following President Obama’s remarks at the…
The California Kitchen: Fig Tart
…3 T Vegetable Shortening ½ C Ice Water 4 Figs Butter Whipped Cream To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen For…
Western View: Nevada Water Wars Heating Up
…changes are intended to protect well owners. Water law doctrine is “first in line, first in right”, which means that senior water rights owners get their allotments before junior ones….
Delta Smelt Strategy Shows Promising Results
…species on the brink of extinction.” State, federal and local water district officials partnered this summer to send water through a wetland and tidal slough corridor of the Sacramento River…
Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program
…agricultural resource for livestock production. Rangelands also provide numerous ecosystem benefits such as protection of water and soil quality, nutrient cycling and serve as habitat for a variety of wildlife….
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on Farm Income Forecasts
…investments in electricity, water and wastewater, and clean power, that will continue to strengthen rural communities for generations to come. “Outside the United States, demand for American-grown food and agricultural…
Psyllid Detection Locations Show Complacency
…change, oversight changes in an operation and so we just need to do a better job. At Citrus Mutual, we believe a stronger allocation toward underwriting enforcement at a local…
Brown Bag School Lunch Myths
…of these in your lunchbox or bag. One can be a frozen box of juice or water bottle and the other one of those gel packs until your child or…
Egypt Changes Stance on Ergot, Again
Photo credit: CIMMYT. Egypt has reinstated its zero tolerance policy on ergot fungus in wheat shipments, according to Egypt’s agriculture ministry. Pro Farmer reports Egypt announced the reinstated policy over…
Agri View: Food Safety
…current crops. Now, these stored seeds are kept frozen, as much as eighteen degrees below zero. And some seed banks have as many as two billion seeds. And, they include…
Co-ops and Ag Retailers Face Economic Challenges
…vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The…
Pro Farmer Releases Crop Tour Results
…in Ohio as USDA did with its August survey work. The northwestern portion of the state showed the impacts of too much water in the spring, followed by a dry…
Processing Tomato Production-2016
…others continue to deal with limited water supplies. The projected harvested acreage of tomatoes is 258,000 acres, a 13 percent decrease from 2015. The shipping reports published by the Processing…