…available at the California Data Exchange Center’s (CDEC) Snow Water Equivalents webpage, For earlier readings, click the calendar icon below the map, select a date, then Refresh Data. Water Year…
California and Australia – a Continuing Partnership
…agriculture is an ongoing theme. When visiting Ferrero’s Rocher’s hazelnut operation for instance, we saw that the company has employed a number of different irrigation pumps, micro-irrigation systems, and plantings…
Subcommittee Examines the Future of SNAP
…Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C Mr. Russell Sykes, Director, Center for Employment and Economic Well-Being, American Public Human Services Association, Washington, D.C. Mr. Joe Arthur, Executive Director,…
Fresno State Signs Ag Academic Pact with Brazilian University
…campus farm, the Bee Sweet Citrus Fresh Fruit Packing Line and Laboratory and the Jordan Agricultural Research Center. The trip also included meetings with Fresno State students and faculty from…
Daily Access to Local Foods for School Meals: Key Drivers
…Center of Education Statistics’ Common Core of Data (Public School District Universe Survey for the 2011-12 school year and School District Fiscal Survey for the 2010-11 school year) and State…
Pruning Patience
…out from the ground comes these bigger chutes that will flower in the summer.” If you’re still not sure, ask a garden center expert in your area. I’m Cathy Isom……
Funding to Support Specialty Crop Pest Management
…Rutgers University project supports the first ornamental research center in the Northeastern United States. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve…
Almond Matters: Making Ag Day, Everyday
…of the year, National Ag Day, is not enough to really talk about the importance of agriculture. We want to keep it front and center in the minds of consumers…
Building a Reliable, Low-Cost Device to Measure Moisture in Grain Bags
…are used to estimate moisture content, explains Armstrong, with the ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research. The device, known as the Post-Harvest Loss (PHL) moisture meter, costs about…
Winter Plant Damage
…black in the center or starting to dry, then that bud or chute has been winter killed.” But Patton also advises to wait a few weeks before chopping or pulling…
Proposed Pesticide Rules Near Schools Revised
…Pesticide Information Center where additional information on pesticides may be obtained The regulation also includes a provision that allows flexibility to accommodate extracurricular activities and other factors.Public K-12 schools /licensed…
Importance of Agricultural Research
…of APLU Mr. Richard Wilkins, Chairman, American Soybean Association, Greenwood, DE; On behalf of NCFAR Dr. James Carrington, President, Danforth Center, St. Louis, MO; On behalf of the Danforth Center…
NACD Expresses Disappointment in Trump’s Budget
…in USDA’s Service Center Agencies” – a cut that would prevent thousands of rural communities across America from accessing services like conservation planning assistance. “If enacted, the President’s budget would…
Agriculture Secretary Nominee Perdue Divesting Business Interests
…Association, the Georgia Agribusiness Council and the Bipartisan Policy Center, while also putting his assets into a blind trust. The Senate Agriculture Committee has yet to schedule a hearing for…