…dairy operations – over half of all dairy farms in America – have enrolled in the new safety-net program created by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as the Margin Protection…
Stallman: Farmers and Ranchers Still Optimistic Despite Washington’s Past Dysfunction
While America’s farmers and ranchers achieved notable victories on the farm bill and waterways infrastructure legislation in 2014, agriculture must push harder for important policy reforms in 2015, according to…
Executives Predict Future of Agriculture at AFBF Annual Convention VIP Event
The American Farm Bureau Federation kicked off its 96th Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show with a panel discussion for VIP attendees, “The Future of Agriculture,” featuring executives from Wal-Mart,…
Santa Barbara County Grower Meeting Set for February 3
…and Huanglongbing, discuss treatment protocols and area-wide management strategies, and review county ACP communication protocols and policy on abandoned groves. Please RSVP to attend today. Click Here to RSVP today….
California Always Close to Drought Conditions
…many in California believe that storage needs to be added to the current water system. California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike Wade says the state will always…
What to Transfer In Farm Succession Plan
John Baker of Iowa State University Extension explains some of the items involved in transfer in a farm ownership succession plan. What to Transfer In Farm Succession Plan…
Developing a Family Farm Succession Plan
Creating a succession plan for family farm operations is different than for most other businesses. Rob Bain reports. Developing a Family Farm Succession Plan…
FFA Report: Sanger High
Talie Cloud, Sanger High FFA Talie Cloud of Sanger High FFA gives us this week’s Farm City Newsday FFA Report. FFA report for 01-02-15…
USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2015
…in December. The interest rate for crop year commodity loans less than one year disbursed during January is 1.125 percent, unchanged from 1.125 percent in December. Interest rates for Farm…
State Needs Multiple Wet Storms
…event that drenched northern California, California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike Wade told attendees at the Almond Conference that the state needs 10-20 of storms to get…
Western View: Your Phone is Your Partner
…spray logs with GPS location information and integrated weather data. Farmlogs is a complete farm management system which can be used from your phone, tablet or computer. It’s cloud based,…
Wasted Water Made 2014 Dry
Even in a dry year, the California water system was built to support the state’s agriculture. At the 2014 Almond conference California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike…
San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium Jan. 7
…Sabrina Hill interviews UC Cooperative Extension County Director and Farm Advisor, Fresno and Madera Counties, Shannon Mueller about the upcoming San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium. SJV Grape Symposium Here are…
Immigration Reform and California Agriculture
There are more than 81,000 farms in California, making it the number-one state in agricultural production in the country, with more than $33 billion in revenue annually. That’s why farmers…