Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering more details on several western groups urging Congress to…
Growing Your Own Persimmons
…frequently checking to make sure they’re staying wet. Then, plant seeds 1-inch deep in a peat pot prepped with planting soil. Place near a window or under grow lights and…
2019 Wine Industry Awards Announced
…have contributed to wine of superior quality and marketability within the commercial wine arena. Cooper planted his first Barbera vines in 1970 on five acres. Since then, the Cooper Ranch…
App Brings STEM Agriculture Games to Youth
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has launched a mobile app for four of its My American Farm games. Available mobile games and corresponding STEM components that meet national…
Bayer to Pay $80 Million in Latest Glyphosate Trial
…of regulators worldwide that support the safety of our glyphosate-based herbicides and that they are not carcinogenic. The verdict in this trial has no impact on future cases and trials,…
U.S. Pork Can’t Afford Loss of Mexican Market
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) asked the Trump administration to carefully consider the fallout from cutting off trade between the United States and Mexico. U.S. pork producers and other…
The California Kitchen: Perfect Grilled Asparagus
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing Perfect Grilled Asparagus with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 20 each Asparagus Tips Only (4…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 04-01-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering Sony partnering with Syngenta for a new crop management…
NPPC Calls for Swift U.S./Japan Trade Negotiation
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) welcomed reports that the United States and Japan will commence trade negotiations on April 15, 2019 and urged the Trump administration to expeditiously complete…
Growing an Organic Garden-Do’s and Don’ts
…cardboard. Some of the don’ts include: not using fast acting fertilizers, not composting diseased plants, never applying chemical loaded water, herbicides, or pesticides. Even fertilizers labeled for organic use can…
California Climate Investments Make Progress on Emissions Goal
…acres of land. More than 343,000 individual projects have been implemented as part of the program and more than 50,000 trees have been planted in urban areas. California Climate Investments…
Ag Groups Urge Congress to Include Water in Infrastructure Package
…be considered in any infrastructure plans being made. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio have both expressed levels of support for developing…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 03-29-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering more details on the potential amendment to the smoke…
Editing Genes in Citrus to Combat HLB
…“If a gene is let’s say suppressing one of the plants defenses, if we turn off that suppressor then the plants defense will be able to do its job,” Haro…