Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes reports from researchers and growers who attended a recent University or Florida/IFAS Advanced Citrus Production Field Day. Want to learn more? Click…
USDA to Survey Farmers’ Planting Intentions for 2015
…no individual operation or producer can be identified. These and all NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov. For more information call the NASS Pacific Regional Field Office at 1-800-851-1127….
Citrus Industry This Week: Advanced Citrus Production Field Day Reports
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes reports from researchers and growers who attended a recent University or Florida/IFAS Advanced Citrus Production Field Day. Want to learn…
Citrus Industry This Week: Field Day Report; Online CEU; Next Forecast
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida contains a report from an Advanced Citrus Production Systems field day in Fort Pierce, how to earn a core continuing education…
New Sap Sensors are Moveable
With new non-invasive sap sensors, growers can get more information form their field with less. New Sap Sensors are Moveable The new sap sensors rolling onto the market are reminiscent…
Precision Farming with Sap Sensors
Sap sensors can be another tool for growers to make precision irrigation decisions in the field. Precision Farming with Sap Sensors The Center for Irrigation Technology hosted an educational workshop…
USDA Announces Measures to Help Farmers Diversify Weed Control Efforts
…practices (BMPs) in design protocols for regulated authorized releases of genetically engineered (GE) crops and will include recommendations for BMPs with the authorization of field trials of HR crops. USDA…
Post-Harvest Topics at Almond Field Day
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Dozens of growers showed up to the San Juaquin Sustainable Farming Projects’ almond field day in Los Banos this week. Growers heard from University of California…
49ers and CA Dairy Families Award $10k Fuel Up to Play 60 Grant in Santa Clara
…teachers, classified employees and administrators who are dedicated, experienced professionals who care about each student’s well-being and academic preparation. For more information, visit www.santaclarausd.org. About the California Milk Advisory Board…
Video Series Highlights Walnut Tree Techniques
…Extension Pomology Farm Advisor Rachel Elkins produced a series of short videos on budding, grafting and planting walnut trees in the field. Elkins says this was a way to document…
USDA Expands Access to Credit to Help More Beginning and Family Farmers
…an agricultural field. Also, individuals who own farmland under a different legal entity operating the farm now may be eligible for loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). Producers…
Raising the Bar; How Protecting You From Pesticides Has Changed
…vigilance that commissioners show towards fumigants. Today, you are likely to find them trudging all over fields early in the morning, with copies of permits and other documents in hand….
USDA Helps Deliver the Latest in Innovative Agricultural Methods to Small, Socially Disadvantaged Agricultural Producers
…management and whole-farm planning. SCF-Organic Farms, LTD – $200,000 grant; To complete an organic farming progress study, conduct on-farm pest management workshops and conduct on-farm land preparation demonstrations for socially…
California Crop Weather
…danger remained high across the state. Sheep grazed on idle fields and alfalfa fields. Some bees were working melon and squash fields. Read the full California Crop Report here. (.pdf)…