The Western View: Teosinte

Taylor HillmanFeatures, Western View

…world. The leaves and stalk of Teosinte look like the plant that its descendants would become – it looks like a corn stalk with the typical long, pointed leaves. The…

Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

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…alfalfa and corn silage—inputs for the important dairy and cattle industries—generate less revenue per unit of water. In the water-limited San Joaquin Valley, orchards grew from 34 percent to 40…

USDA Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs

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…Covered commodities include barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (which includes…