…a new canola oil had increased lauric acid content compared to conventional canola oil, we required the oil to be labeled “laurate canola oil.” Similarly, soybean oil containing higher levels…
Western View: Behind the Sagebrush Rebellion
…would sell this amazing resource to the highest bidder. If that happens, imagine what we would lose. The least of which is recreational access. The big thing that comes to…
TPP Report on Impacts to Agriculture
…agreement is implemented, tariffs as high as 10% on U.S. cotton exported into Vietnam will be eliminated, and Japan’s “gate price” duty on pork will be reduced by 90%. #2:…
Agri View: Coffee, Healthy or Not?
…the thinking about coffee? Earlier studies didn’t always take into account that known high-risk behaviors, such as smoking and physical inactivity, tended to be more common among heavy coffee drinkers…
National Almond Day
…New Mexico and Georgia. But growers soon discovered that the early blooming almond regularly fell to late frosts in those areas or to diseases of high humidity. In the 1850s,…
Agri View: El Niño Impact
…and La Niña? El Niño and La Niña are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases…
Soil Sampling for Salinity Challenges
…the soil particle surface. In fine textured soils across the State, CEC values can be very high, with values ranging between 15-40 meq/100 g of soil. Generally, sandy loams are…
Agri View: Weather Damage
…winds are believed to be the cause for many of the animals’ deaths. It created drifts as high as 14 feet and pushed animals into fenced corners where they suffocated,…
Ethanol Committee Visits California’s Low Carbon Economy
…presentations focused on existing market conditions, modeling to calculate greenhouse gas emissions and efforts being made to expand higher blends of ethanol at the retail level. Anil Prabhu of the…
Agri View: Growing Pumpkins
…the elements by covering them during heavy rains, or putting up some kind of barrier to protect the vines from high winds or using shade tents during summer’s hottest days….
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…and diseases in 15 states. National Clean Plant Network: $5 million to support 22 projects in 17 states that focus on providing high quality propagated plant material for fruit trees,…
Third Farm in Ca. Awarded Top Grassfed and Animal Welfare Certification
…pasture or range for their entire lives, and managed according to the highest welfare and environmental standards on an independent family farm. Fouch Farm is the third farming business in…
Pistachio Cultivar Beneficial During Low Chill
…during low chill years,” Kallsen says. “Peters in high chill years has been a great pollinizer for Kerman and people have made a lot of money off of it. We…
Agri View: Fire Ant Danger
…to fire ant populations as observed during several winters in Tennessee, where 80 to 90% of colonies died due to several consecutive days of extremely low temperatures. Fire ants nest…