Dr. Pete Goodell Showing attendees tool Attendees using tool Experts walked California growers and pest control advisers (PCAs) through a new online tool that can help them make in-field decisions…
New Air Quality Incentives for Nut Farmers to Adopt Low-Emission Harvesters
…in conservation planning and in Farm Bill programs should contact their local NRCS field office. Applications are taken year-round at all NRCS field offices. Eligible projects will be periodically evaluated…
World Ag Expo to Feature Harden, Ross, and Kinoshita on Panel
…Council of California from 1989-1996. Before moving to California, Secretary Ross served as Director of Government Relations for the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and as Field Representative for U.S. Senator…
Almond Board: Almond Video Teaches About Lifecycle
…to note that the Board is not involved with and is expressly prohibited from setting field or market prices. The Board is composed of 10 members. The more than 6,000…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
…we don’t get a break in the weather and can’t get back into the field to pick, then we could see some impact on supplies,” he told agricultural reporters. If…
Agri View: Water Management
…of the quantity of water applied to the field (for a particular crop) via an on-farm irrigation application system—e.g., a gravity-flow system or a low-pressure center-pivot sprinkler system. Annual crop…
Why is the EPA Suing John Duarte for Plowing his Land?
…to take his case to court, which was met by a counter-suit from the U.S. Justice Department, seeking millions of dollars in penalties, basically for plowing his field, according to…
USDA Awards $3 Million for Robotics Research
…America’s production agriculture field. These three grants are part of the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), a federal research partnership that includes NIFA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of…
Agri View: Agriculture Education
…conservation. College agriculture involves training of people to teach, conduct research, or provide information to advance the field of agriculture and food science in other ways. General education agriculture informs…
Spotting Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
…Field The brown marmorated stink bug (BSMB) could become a problem for fruit growers in California. Cal Poly professor David Headrick says identification can be tricky, but the brown marmorated…
DCHA Seeks Applicants for Annual Scholarship
…legal dependent of a DCHA member Have completed at least one year of post-high school education Be attending an accredited college or university Be enrolled in a field of agriculture…
Maps Show Forest Water Loss During Drought
…progressive canopy water stress identify at-risk forest landscapes and watersheds at fine resolution, and offer geographically explicit information to support innovative forest management and policies in preparation for climate change….
Agri View: Drones-Technology Driven
…Vineyard In this video a remote-controlled helicopter is being field-tested by UC Davis agricultural engineers at a Napa Valley vineyard. The motorcycle-sized helicopter, which is commercially manufactured and extensively used…
Field Jobs Will Require Technical Machines
Automation could help the labor challenges in California but most of the field jobs would take very technical machines to do the work. Field Jobs Will Require Technical Machines California…