…(FREP). Sakakihara Farms, strawberry growers, like other California growers, are learning to grow their crops despite drought conditions, by using newer high-tech tools that help monitor water and fertilizer use….
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…selected as part of this effort share USDA’s priority of helping more Americans build successful farms and ranches.” Dolcini FSA, which solicited applications last fall, received nearly 100 proposals that…
Garden by the Moon
…this method of managing their gardens and crops. But how could a chunk of rock more than 200,000 miles away affect how plants on Earth grow? Those who swear by…
Agri View: Farming Times
…Stallman The last decade will almost certainly be remembered as a golden age of agriculture in the United States. High global demand, a cheap dollar and bumper crops meant farming…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…and sediment in water leaving two similar fields after rain or irrigation. Experts will monitor one where a conservation practice, such as the use of cover crops in the off…
Farm Camp
…rabbits and goats, grow vegetables from seed, even take tractor tours of the 10-acre fifth-generation Petersen Family Farm. Bonus: Attendees can return in fall to harvest pumpkins they planted in…
Cargo Theft Task Force One Step Closer
…Processors Association (WAPA) has led the charge to educate the agriculture industry on a common crime trend that is focusing on nut crops. WAPA held an emergency nut theft summit…
Earth Day Celebration!
…an earth-old mystery. –Eben Eugene Rexford Summer, fall, winter, spring, The seasons rotate as each brings Its special beauty to this Earth of ours. Winter’s snow and summer’s flowers; Frozen…
Western SARE Releases Calls for Proposals
…due 1 pm MDT, June 1, 2016. Following scrutiny by a technical review panel, presenters of the best pre-proposals will be asked to submit full proposals, due in fall 2016…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…cover crops may enable farmers who grow organic crops to save money, reduce tillage, manage weeds and pests, and reduce the risk of soil erosion, according to Montana State University…
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
…to 12% below year-ago levels, so price ratios to competing crops are a bit more favorable than in 2015.” Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of 2016 intended acres versus 2015 actual…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
USDA Seeks Feedback from California and Nevada Growers About 2016 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, Values During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
After several years of drought and water shortages, irrigators in the Klamath Water Project will receive a full allocation of water to irrigate crops this season. “We had a reasonably…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…likely be down 12 percent, said the California Strawberry Commission. Production during fall 2016 could drop 27 percent from last year. Other California crops expected to decline in planted acreage,…