An Ag Education program is showing high school students the diverse careers available in agriculture. Program Increases Real-World Skills Focus The Center for Land Based Learning has a program that…
Fresno State Research Uncovers Significant Drought Impacts in San Joaquin Valley
A Fresno State study has produced valuable new information on the impact of the drought, including severe economic loss in agricultural revenue, public health impacts, underemployment and migration for farm…
Annual Santa Maria Vegetable Meeting on September 24, 2015
…The meeting will be held at Bonipak Conference Room, 1850 West Stowell Road in Santa Maria. University of California farm advisors, scientists, and an Ag biologist from the Agricultural Commissioner…
For Atwater FFA Students, It’s a Year Round Program
…“People need to recognize that although agriculture education is centered around ‘agriculture’, the skills students experience pertain to all education and career endeavors, not just agriculture,” said FFA advisor Dave…
Helping Plants Draw Moisture From Air
As AgNet West reported before, mycorrhizae is a fungi that lives on plant roots in the soil and branches out to help the plant draw in moisture and nutrients that…
California Strawberries and Teen Celebrity Chef Announce #KidsCookOff Recipe Contest Winners
…FOX’s MASTERCHEF JUNIOR. At the age of 10, he joined a class at his school, taught by Chef Ricardo Heredia of the Scratch Culinary Education Program, which culminated in students…
Fungi Helps Plants During Drought
…moisture and nutrients that are in the soil. Benefits of Fungi Director of Education and Training Larry Simpson says this fungi is why you see healthy cactus trees growing in…
Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
…2014, which requires local governments to form sustainable groundwater agencies that will regulate pumping and recharge to better manage groundwater supplies. “Groundwater acts as a savings account to provide supplies…
Farm Managers/Rural Appraisers Group Offers Classes in Technology, Budgeting, Leadership and More at Monterey Meeting
…in the workplace. Tuesday, September 29 Leadership in Agriculture Marketing a Business and Selling the Value of Professional Farm Management and Agricultural Consulting Wednesday, September 30 Capital Improvements, Budgeting &…
Atwater FFA Prepares for Upcoming School Year
…towards the numerous opportunities of fun, personal growth, and activities the Atwater High School agriculture program and FFA have to offer students. “The opportunities in agricultural education and FFA benefit…
Most Operations Implementing Food Safety
…place. Bianchi says Cooperative Extension believes continuing education is going to be part of the act once it comes out and they are preparing to make that available to growers….
Japanese Journalists Get Look at U.S. Beef Industry
…of Japanese consumers cling to a bias against U.S. agriculture, though it is not the actual products that concerns them. Rather, it tends to be the technology used in the…
The Western View: He’s a Farmer
Almond harvest I’ve been working on a special project, writing about almond growers and how they make a crop. It’s been a real education. He’s a farmer My son-in-law Brett…
Central Valley Ag Retailer Named Best in North America
…promote education and awareness on the importance of valley agriculture with the Fresno Grizzlies’ Farm Grown Program, the Valley Farm at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo and Valley PBS’ Valleys Gold…