Cathy Isom fills you in about why you should consider using natural irrigation for your garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Consider Natural Irrigation for your Garden…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 01-18-19
…damage in pistachios. There is also a report on the new farm bill and how it benefits California. Also in the show we welcome Morganne Clark from the International Agri-Center…
Severe Weather, Snow, Mudslides in Recent CA Storm
The National Resource Conservation Service produced a report with data collected by the National Water and Climate Center’s weekly report. The report showed California was drenched by a storm that…
Farmers Under Fire: Trial Lawyers’ Attack on Agriculture
…Annual Convention. Panelists Andy Curliss, CEO of the North Carolina Pork Council; Harrison Pittman, director of the National Agriculture Law Center and Blake Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau…
What Not to Miss at World Ag Expo 2019
…Agri-Center is hosting the 2019 World Ag Expo show from February 12-14 in Tulare, California. Last year, the expo saw 106,700 people from 49 states and 63 counties. This year…
Western View: Why Water Management Matters
…grow crops without irrigation. Cities also need 37 inches of rainfall per year to meet their water demand. Yet California’s farmland – and most of its people – are on a…
Developing Vineyard Management Technologies to Improve Efficiency
…use that data in our vineyard management,” said Terry Bates, Director of the Cornell-Lake Eerie Research and Extension Center and Project Director of the Efficient Vineyard Project. Bates noted that…
Salinity Yield Trials in Alfalfa Show Interesting Results
After multiple years of production trials, researchers with the University of California Cooperative Extension have found that alfalfa can still be produced effectively using irrigation water with high salinity. The…
NOW Sterile Moths Not Performing Well
…is conducting smaller experiments at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, in a pest-friendly environment, to see how effective the practice can be. Wilson said they released the sterile…
Recycle Leftover Christmas Paper Properly
…to a local recycling center. However, some do not collect wrapping paper at all because wrapping paper is not accepted by some recycled paper mills. There are a number of…
Improving LREC for Better Community Engagement
The folks at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center (LREC) are hoping to be able to expand and improve the facility to provide even better community outreach. The center hosts…
Perdue Details USDA Functions in the Event of a Lapse in Federal Funding
…office can be found here. Note that the National Finance Center information can be found on pages 7 to 9 of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) document on…
Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2018 Accomplishments
…closing a total of 23 data centers as part of the Data Center Optimization Initiative. Strengthened Cybersecurity: USDA decreased the number of critical vulnerabilities per endpoint by 62 percent and…
Avocado Producers Bracing for Light 2019
…factors like this every year it seems, and they’re very mindful of it,” Melban said. “They had the irrigation going early to help keep the trees hydrated and withstand some…