…to $0.069 per each acre-foot greater than 10 acre-feet. The board also adopted a fee of $750 for small irrigation use registrations for cannabis and set the filing fee to…
UC ANR and AgStart Receive Funding to Cultivate the VINE
…UC ANR’s nine research and extension centers can provide locations to field-test products and demonstrate their effectiveness. For example, start-up Blue River is testing its technology by flying a drone…
Hurricanes Devastate Puerto Rico Agriculture
…85 percent of its food, and its food imports are expected to rise drastically. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. Image Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center…
Forage Industry Updated at Field Day
The 2017 Alfalfa and Forage Field Day at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension (KARE) Center on September 20 provided updates on continuing research projects and offered information on a…
Entomologist Frank Zalom Delivers 2017 ARS B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture at ASHS Conference
…a control program, especially one that places the plant at the center as the “unifier of knowledge,” so that the plant’s own particular biology and its special defenses can be…
Almond Board: Gala Dinner at 2017 Almond Conference
…the 45th annual Almond Conference Gala Dinner. Trent is a pivotal member of the best-selling magic show in Broadway history, “The Illusionists,” which sold $2.1 million in one week followed…
Lighthizer: NAFTA Negotiation at Warp Speed, May Not Be Successful
…automatically terminate NAFTA after five years, unless countries agree to extend, according to Politico. Lighthizer made the comments during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He…
Growers Set for Sizable Walnut Harvest
…the early summer months. “There was a lot of troubleshooting with irrigation, especially as we got into July … Some of the growers were a little bit off in water…
China Poultry Safety Standard Similar to U.S.
…new rule, the $30 billion American poultry market will be open to the world’s second-largest poultry producer. However, the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention says the audit was…
Almond Harvest Continues, Postharvest Irrigation Importance
This time of year, almond growers are primarily focused on getting their crops harvested, but it’s also a time to remember the importance of postharvest irrigation. UC Cooperative Extension Pomology…
UC to Host Washington Forum on NAFTA Future
…Initiative at Tecnológico de Monterrey; Diana Villiers Negroponte, public policy fellow at the Wilson Center; and more. The UC Washington Center is located at 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW in…
Study: Organic Farming Reduces Carbon Emissions
…soils not managed organically. Founded in 2002, the nonprofit Organic Center is a self-described trusted source of information for scientific research about organic food and farming. The Organic Center’s mission…
New Cooling Technologies for Dairy Cows
…require a substantial amount of electricity and water. The Western Cooling Efficiency Center and the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis are looking at approaches designed to reduce water…
USDA Restructuring Efforts Move Forward
…Inspection Service to the trade mission area, merge the International Food Commodity Procurement program from the Farm Service Agency with the domestic Commodity Food Procurement program, and merging the Center…