…(DATA) Act (H.R. 4229) requires broadband providers to report more specific data to create a significantly more accurate and granular National Broadband Map. With more precise data, federal agencies can…
Proceeding with Caution in Hemp Industry
…Board that there were 591 registrants for hemp in 32 different counties as of December 3. While the data is incomplete as to how many acres of hemp have been…
Almond Matters: Reviewing the 2019 Season and Prepping for 2020
…really interesting is if you look at data from a lot of our trial work, even within the same field there is a tremendous amount of variability as you move…
Almond Update: Solid State of the Industry, Call to Action Moving Forward
…that will be provided for the entire industry as a whole. “Yes, you need to spend some time inputting the data into the modules, but it has the potential to…
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Technology and Food Safety, Part 1
…into the need for rapid development of immediate detection and building a system that simultaneously harnesses and analyzes food safety data while protecting grower information. Taylor-Silva also touches on the…
November 2019 Dairy Market Report
(NMPF) — The recent upsurge in dairy prices is forcefully showing up in data, with many of the most recently announced and reported key milk and dairy prices achieving their…
Organic Growers Converge in Monterey
…the growing hemp marketplace, moderated by April Crittenden, CCOF Chief Certification Officer. Other sessions will feature information on sustainability reporting, organic sales data and analysis, and the challenges of organic…
USDA/NASS Prepares for 2019 Organic Survey
…organic farming in the 2017 Census of Agriculture will receive a unique survey code. Responses can be submitted online and will be represented in the important, once-every-five-year data. The Organic…
USDA Announces Awards to Put Conservation Innovation to Work on U.S. Farms
…work on the land, while providing new data to show producers across the nation what these systems and practices can do for the health of their operations and our natural…
Survey Reveals Crucial Data on Fusarium Head Blight
…(ARS)-led U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative includes data from more than 5,100 wheat and barley growers in 17 states. It details how grain producers perceive FHB, where they get their information,…
Agriculture Industry Experiences Most Workplace Fatalities in 2019
According to data from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), the agricultural industry has experienced the highest number of workplace fatalities in 2019 as of November. The National…
State Officials Move to Circumvent Federal Plans for California Water
…in October incorporating updated data to guide water management in the SWP and the Central Valley Project (CVP). California officials have declared the plans prepared by the federal agencies to…
Preparing for the Effects of Climate Change in Agriculture
The concept of climate change can be a particularly controversial topic and is routinely politicized, but the scientific data available shows that changing weather patterns and shifts in average temperatures…
Climate Considerations for Processing Tomatoes
…the data all the way starting from 1950, into the future by 2030-2040 and see how the time of maturity is changing,” said Tapan Pathak, UC Specialist in Climate Adaptation…