…pair participated in several field tours to gain hands-on experience with the field work done by CDFA’s inspectors. Field tours included shadowing inspectors, seeing CDFA laboratories, attending board and committee…
Soil Health Key Topic of Climate-Smart Ag Meeting
…the Oct. 24 – 25 event. It focused on developing research targets for agricultural goals that: Support achievement of USDA’s “building blocks” for climate-smart agriculture; Integrate existing U.S. Midwest field…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…disease, with a 98 percent accuracy rate in the field. Gottwald said there are currently 16 dogs in training for HLB detection. Removal of infected or suspected citrus trees is…
Farm Profits and Adoption of Precision Agriculture
…of inputs. Until the early 2000’s, the adoption rate of different PA technologies varied up to 22 percent across major U.S. field crops. After that time, adoption of some technologies…
Officials Warn of Flash Flood Potential
…scars, making these areas prone to sudden erosion along roads and through neighborhoods. State officials and the NWS urge the public to begin preparations for potential flood events. DWR urges…
Clinton, Trump Campaigns Talk Agriculture
…field, and give confidence to the American public. On the other hand, Clovis said regulations impose themselves on smaller enterprises, and “when you write regulations to re-impose regulations, you take…
Commentary: Always be Aware When Traveling over Railroad Tracks
…or night, so it is important always to be aware of your surroundings as you approach a railroad crossing. Farmers and farm employees use railroad crossings to move from field…
Kern County 2015 Crop Report
…Measurement Standards website: www.kernag.com I would like to thank all the members of the Agriculture and Measurement Standards staff who helped with the compilation and preparation of this report, especially…
Smelling Huanglongbing for Early-Detection
…“Our system uses a small sorbent, about the size of a tictac, that goes out in the field. We hang it in the canopy of a tree and it sits…
NCGA: Scholarship Opportunities to Young Farmers
…partnership with BASF Corporation. With the application period open until December 2, this program provides five $1,000 scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in an agriculture-related field…
CA’s Ross Possible Clinton Ag Secretary
…Relations for the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and as Field Representative for U.S. Senator Edward Zorinsky. Parts of this story are from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Pacific Region October Crop Production Report
…153 thousand acres, the resulting yield is 1,518 pounds per acre. At of the beginning of October, cotton fields were in the final stages of harvest preparation. Oranges – The…
Food Waste
…we all know that food waste begins in the field and it continues to the homes of our consumers. So we strive to implement practices at our farm to prevent…
Commentary: Two Examples Demonstrate Regulatory Overreach
…drove by the field while it was being plowed and decided that John was violating the Clean Water Act, that he couldn’t plow his field without a permit. The administrator…