Courtesy: UC ANR In this week’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent U.S.A. Corporation, temperatures will soon be heating up. Valent’s Pat Clay said the heat will spur spider…
Farm Bureau Welcomes Decision to Improve NAFTA
…tariff and non-tariff trade barriers that hinder U.S. farmers’ and ranchers’ competitiveness and prevent us from taking advantage of consumer demand for high-quality U.S. food and agricultural products throughout the…
National FFA Organization Awards More Than $2.7 Million in Scholarships
…service, leadership skills and academics. A list of recipients is available on the scholarship results page on FFA.org. Recipients are listed first by the state in which their high school…
Red Meat Demand Remaining Strong
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent Cold Storage Report showed record reductions of beef and pork, which means demand for the products remains high. At the other end of the…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA) and the Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment (AGFEI) program. “NIFA investments are helping to increase the number and diversity of students who…
Rural Economy Index Lower Again
…2013 have been mixed according to Creighton’s April survey. While the percent of bank rejecting loan applications was a high 30.6 percent, this is down from 35.3 percent recorded last…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…administering programs that contribute to food safety; Federal, state, local or tribal agencies; An institution of higher education (as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965…
Tulare County Celebrates Farm Bureau Leaders
…Farm Bureau’s highest honor recognizes leaders in our community who give tremendous support to the Farm Bureau through leadership, generosity, and service to the organization. The Hester family represents the…
Renewable Fuels Standard Heads to Court
…defend itself against accusations that it set volumes for conventional biofuels, cellulosic biofuels, and biomass biodiesel too high or too low, depending on who’s speaking at the time in the…
Agri View: Seafood or Fish Consumption
…is more common than fresh water variety. Health officials think that all of us should eat more fish. It is rated high on the health food list. I would like…
Almond Board: Air Quality Programs
…Order. Significant emission reduction benefits of ozone precursors, particulate matter, and hazardous air pollutants are achieved when high-polluting engines are retired earlier than through normal turnover and replaced with new,…
Lasagna Garden
…and one day eat in a Lasagna. Also known as sheet mulching, lasagna gardening is a process of continually layering newspaper or cardboard with high nitrogen rich materials such as…
National Garlic Day
…longevity, preventing certain cancers, lowering cholesterol levels, reversing high blood pressure, resisting the common cold and overcoming fatigue. The herb, which can also be deemed a vegetable too, is rich…
2017 Corn Plantings Falling Behind
…average. Over the next ten days, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting normal to cooler temperatures in the Eastern Corn Belt and normal to above average precipitation…