…and co-author Daniel Sumner, director of the UC Agricultural Issues Center and Frank H. Buck, Jr. Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis, based their…
$8.5 Million Awarded to Improve Communities’ Water Sources
…agricultural production and environmental sustainability. Grants recipients include: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo., $2,400,531 University of Maryland, College Park, Md., $3,449,757 University of Montana, Missoula, Mont., $486,621 North Carolina…
Annual Post-Harvest Pest Control Seminar
…California, Davis Spencer Walse, USDA-ARS, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center; Parlier, California MODERATOR: Mary Lu Arpaia, Ph.D., University of California Cooperative Extension, Subtropical Horticulturalist, is based at the Kearney…
Tree Nut Theft Training Seminar
The Western Agricultural Processors Association and the American Pistachio Growers will host a Tree Nut Theft Training Seminar on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Modesto. The…
Historic Agreements for U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Sectors
…While most U.S. commercial activities are prohibited, the Trade Sanctions Reform Act (TSRA) of 2000 permits the export of U.S. agricultural commodities, though U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba are limited…
Johnsongrass Target of New Research
…and recent funding is starting the process to look for new tools to help control it. Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center Director Jeff Dahlberg says he will be working…
Carbon Offset Could Make OM Incorporation Feasible
…agricultural waste for growers, and a little boost to a producer’s income. When growers remove an orchard, for example, these facilities would pay the producer for the organic matter. Funding…
Virtual Tour Shows Students Smart Farms
…across the country to a hog, corn and soybean farm to see today’s modern agricultural practices in action. Students will also hear from fourth generation farmer Ryan Veldhuizen, who was…
Farmers Reminded to Respond to the 2015 Certified Organic Survey
The 2015 Certified Organic Survey is Underway The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reminding California farmers and ranchers that it’s not too late to respond….
Water Allocations Increased Again
…reservoirs, with many in the Central Valley falling toward record levels. Last year’s (2015) 20 percent SWP allocation was the second lowest since 1991, when agricultural customers of the SWP…
Agri View: Growing a Coffee Crop in the U.S.
…layered agricultural system. This system protects the coffee trees from wind and provides shade on sunny days. It also increases productivity of the land, he said, “in a way that…
Farmers Discuss Issues at State Capitol
…many topics discussed in face-to-face meetings at the state Capitol were the potential impact of changes to overtime rules for agricultural workers, problems with locating schools in agricultural production areas,…
Dr. Sandra Witte Named Dean of Jordan College at Fresno State
…graduate and continuing education programs are offered in the major areas of agricultural business; animal sciences and agricultural education; child, family and consumer sciences; food science and nutrition; industrial technology;…
Agri View: Bee Gone
…of the nation’s agricultural produce each year. This means that every third bite of food we eat comes as the result of bees and other pollinators. USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom…