The California Department of Food and Agriculture is announcing three vacancies on the Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP)’s Technical Advisory Subcommittee. This subcommittee reviews and recommends fertilizer research and…
Sustainable/Organic Production on the Coast
…by the California Association of Pest Control Advisers, Ventura County Chapter California Association of Pest Control Advisers and Organic Fertilizer Association of California. When: Thursday, July 9, 2015, 8:00 am…
APHIS Completes Learning Modules on the Pest Permitting Process
…Growth Enhancers and Bio-fertilizer – This module provides information about the permitting policies, processes and procedures related to the importation of products for use as plant growth enhancers and bio-fertilizers….
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…for rural communities where groundwater is contaminated by nitrate from fertilizer and manure applied to fields. Many of these communities are also losing jobs as farm technology becomes more mechanized—for…
Agri View: Improved Growth
Everett Griner talks about commercial fertilizer demand in today’s Agri View. Improved Growth…
CDFA Announces New Grant Funding Opportunity for Nitrogen Management Research
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting full proposals for a 2015 special grant on nitrogen management research. This grant opportunity…
California Crop and Weather Report
…crops. In Fresno County, the winter green vegetables were in different stages of development with all requiring irrigation and fertilizer due to the lack of rain. Organic broccoli was harvested…
Western View: Your Phone is Your Partner
…tried, but it was beyond me. But I hadn’t realized how many apps there are for serious work. Here’s one: Yara International, the fertilizer company, has created CheckIT, which is…
CDFA Accepting Concept Proposals for 2015 Fertilizer Research and Education Grants
…technologies to increase crop nitrogen fertilizer uptake; reduce nitrogen movement off irrigated agricultural lands, including nitrate leaching below the root zone; and minimize nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen fertilizers. Applicants…
Nation’s Ag Co-ops Set Record for Annual Sales and Income
…and livestock, co-ops are also major players in the farm supply market. Co-op sales of petroleum, feed, seed and crop protectants were all up in 2013. Fertilizer sales declined, the…
California’s Fertilizer Research Conference Comes to Modesto October 29-30, 2014
(From CDFA) The California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Western Plant Health Association are hosting their 22nd annual fertilizer research conference at the DoubleTree Hotel in Modesto on…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
…markets for water quality and have shown how farmers and ranchers may use fertilizer, water and energy more efficiently. Since 2009 through this year’s funding, 323 projects were or are…
Water and the California Farmer – Don Cameron
…“We eliminate evaporation from the soil surface and provide uniform distribution of water and reduce fertilizer usage along with producing a 28 percent higher yield. We no longer have excess…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…to Moccasin to: 1) visit the Heartland Seed chemical and fertilizer warehouse’s state-of-the-art loading facility, 2) hear about grain cleaning/conditioning, grass seed bagging/chemical treatment at the Central Montana Co-op Fertilizer…