…consumer demand for protein, the industry risks pricing Americans out of a steak dinner if imports disappear. Kester details how international trade supports the domestic beef supply chain. Exporting parts…
Building the Future of Ag Tech: Danny Bernstein and The Reservoir at FIRA 2025
…Bernstein sees enormous potential — and necessity — in this intersection of technology and agriculture. “There’s no bigger market than food and food production,” he said. “If we can marry…
Kevin Kester on Cattle, Trade, and Prop 50: Halloween Highlights from the AgNet News Hour
…also warned that Prop 50, if passed, could devastate rural representation and drive up food costs. “It’s political redistricting disguised as reform,” he said. “If it passes, Central Valley agriculture…
Building the Future of Ag Education at Merced College
…thrive.” Jacobsen’s respect for these workers is evident. “Without them, we don’t have food on our tables. We’re able to market quality products across the world because of their dedication….
Merced College Dean Cody Jacobson Champions the Future of California Ag Education
…ag, and ag education. He also leads a rapidly growing Ag Tech Program, which trains students for emerging roles in precision farming, automation, and food processing. “We’re building the workforce…
Building the Future of Farming: Insights from UC ANR’s Gabe Youtsey at FIRA USA 2025
Gabe Youtsey California agriculture sits at the center of both national food security and global innovation. At FIRA USA 2025, Ag Meter sat down with Gabe Youtsey of UC Agriculture…
From Citrus Greening to Ag Robotics: California Faces the Future of Farming
…said. “If we lose the ability to produce our own food, we lose part of our national identity.” He also emphasized that farmers remain the best environmental stewards. “They’re not…
First American Silo: How Fred Hatch Revolutionized Grain Storage in 1873
…From those early wooden and brick structures to today’s towering steel silos, Hatch’s pioneering idea continues to support agricultural productivity and food security. The next time you drive past a…
How the Cargill Brothers Built an Agricultural Empire in Iowa
…production, agricultural trading, and global supply chain logistics. Its humble beginnings in Conover, Iowa, remain a powerful reminder of how necessity and innovation can sow the seeds of enduring success….
CAPCA 2025: PCAs, Innovation, and Leadership Take Center Stage
…is being written — by the advisors, researchers, and innovators working together to make farming more resilient and efficient. “These are the people who make food better — safer, smarter,…
F3 Innovate: Powering the Central Valley’s AgTech Revolution
…room and engaging with them, there’s so much interest,” she said. Today’s youth, whom F3 Innovate calls the “Now Generation,” care deeply about the food they eat and the planet…
Van Groningen & Sons: A Century of California Farming
…sides of the equation. “Regulations are good and bad,” he explained. “Food safety regulations are a positive—they ensure that we produce the safest food supply in the world. But they…
Todd Snider Takes the Helm at Kern County Farm Bureau, Calls for Smarter Water Policy and Farm Advocacy
…less — less land, less water, more cost — and yet we’re still feeding millions,” he said. “People have forgotten the labor, risk, and science it takes to grow food….
How Ralston Purina Revolutionized American Agriculture
…see livestock nutrition as the key to progress. The nation’s growing population demanded better food, and agricultural leaders sought to meet that need through science, experimentation, and enterprise. How Ralston…