…April 17 meeting will be taking place at the Stanislaus County Harvest Hall, and there will also be a meeting on Wednesday, April 18 at the Tulare Agri-Center. About…
Increasing Uniformity with Fertilizer Applications
Increasing uniformity is something growers are paying more attention to in many practices like irrigation and nutrient applications. Yara’s Director of Agronomy Services for the Western United States Steve Petrie…
Almond Update: Starting Efficiency With First Water
…rain we saw in March, irrigation timing and overall plans might be thrown off a bit. For more information about ABC’s irrigation calculator or upcoming water workshops, head to Almonds.com….
Farmers for America – a Movie About the Present and the Future
California farmers Megan Brown and Paul Grieve On Ag Day last week, the Center for Land Based Learning hosted a screening of a wonderful film, “Farmers for America,” created by…
USDA Developing Product Possibilities for Almond Waste
…with the USDA Western Regional Research Center. In the USDA lab near Berkeley, researchers have found a way to create a black powder from almond shells that looks similar to…
Crafty Ideas for the Garden Fence
…Even if you don’t drink wine, ask friends or relatives to save wine bottles for you Drill a hole in the center of the bottom of the bottle, and thread…
Organic Groups Suing USDA over Livestock Rule
…the plaintiffs are the Center for Food Safety, Center for Environmental Health, Cultivate Oregon, and the International Center for Technology Assessment. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Bayer Announces Crop Science Incubator Space
…of agriculture’s biggest challenges, including nitrogen fixation for non-legumes crops. The Crop Science CoLaborator is Bayer’s third incubator facility, joining the West Coast Innovation Center in Mission Bay, San Francisco,…
Almond Matters: California Ag Day Highlights Sustainability
…land,” Culbertson said. With over three-quarters of all almond orchards using efficient micro-irrigation and nearly all almond farms notifying beekeepers about potential pesticide applications, the industry remains dedicated to being…
Full 2016 Crop Year Report, Including Ag Exports
…walnuts and pistachios. Export statistics are produced by the University of California, Davis, Agricultural Issues Center. California’s agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. Over a third of the country’s…
Roof Rat Damage Causing Concern for Growers
…causing branch dieback. Growers are also reporting damage to irrigation lines. UC Cooperative Extension personnel noted that there are currently more reports of rat problems than in the last ten…
House Bill Exempts Farms From Reporting Emissions
…to “guesstimate” and report the emissions from manure on their farms to the Coast Guard’s National Response Center (NRC) and subject them to citizen lawsuits from activist groups such as…
Almond Update: Monitor for Irrigation Timing
…heavy rains. Almond Board of California’s Senior Manager of Irrigation and Water Efficiency Spencer Cooper said irrigation timing will be a little different this year depending on your location and…
Study: RFS Impact on Refinery Profitability Minimal
…studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Energy Policy. Grassley says he wanted to find out more information after the RFS was blamed for the financial troubles of some…