…to the orchard where they were grown, and treatment with either hot water or modified atmosphere treatment before shipment; persimmons must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional…
Agri View: What is a Farmer?
…who owns very little land or even none at all. See there is a number of people who grow food in water. In tanks, pipes, tubes, I don’t know what…
Delta Habitat Restoration Project Documents Released
…be submitted at the public meeting in Suisun City or by e-mail to frpa@water.ca.gov , or in writing to: Dept. of Water Resources (Attn: Dan Riordan), P.O. Box 942836, Sacramento,…
Smart Snacks in School
…< 10% of calories Trans fat: zero grams Sugar limit: ≤ 35% of weight from total sugars in foods *On July 1, 2016, foods may not qualify using the 10%…
California’s Strawberry Industry Without Methyl Bromide?
…Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. They look ahead to factors, including water, consumer demands, labor, invasive pests, and the full phaseout of methyl bromide, that are likely to shape future…
Louisiana Flooding Destroys $14 Million of Rice
…remains “fully speculative,” however, as the full scope of damage will not become clear until the water recedes. Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says “once the water recedes we’ll begin…
Food Scraps
…to make homespun vinegars. All it takes is a bit of sugar, a pile of scraps, some water, and a heap of time. First, the concoction will ferment into some…
Cancelling Atrazine Would Cost Farmers $2.5 Billion
…previous year’s crop on the field, to cover the soil’s surface. Conservation tillage farming practices offer many environmental benefits, including protecting the soil from water and wind erosion, conserving moisture,…
Prospects Good for Record Almond Crop
…still operating in a “drought mode,” with 5 percent water allocation coming from the federal Central Valley Project. “We’re running well water that’s high in salts, and it’s taken a…
Environmental Impact Report Draft Released
…water supply contracts in the 1960s to provide water service in exchange for payments that recover the water supply cost of constructing, operating and maintaining the State Water Project. The…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…programs, supporting the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel, have resulted in user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries that are combating childhood obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability…
Climate Smart Agriculture
…presentations. Saline agriculture, the ability to produce crops with brackish water and in high salinity soils could potentially be of interest to California farmers who encounter these growing conditions. The…
Got wild pigs?
…contribute to erosion, which can affect water quality and allow invasive plant species to establish. The boorish boars can also prey on livestock, harassing, injuring or even killing cows, goats,…
Zika Virus Battle
…of malathion, an organophosphate, in a residential area.” Reduce mosquito breeding A well-known approach to reducing mosquito populations is elimination of standing water where mosquitoes can breed. Bird baths, abandoned…