…be providing support including equipment and funding to help local agencies divert high river flows away from at-risk areas. Temporary pumps and siphons have already been deployed by the Fresno…
Almond Update: Success with Mass Trapping of NOW Females
…well for Yotsuya. He said that he might even be able to get by without doing anything. Yotsuya explained that his NOW damage levels had never been really high. However,…
VofV: Alex Cochran Discusses the Value of Biologicals in Agriculture
…single biggest challenge that we have in the biological space today is around trust.” The answer to building that trust: high-quality science and aligning expectations. Biologicals don’t function in the…
Almond Matters: Managing Pests as Temperatures Rise
…said there is high potential for ant activity. Getting in front of ant problems at this point in the season can be a more effective approach versus waiting to address…
Dairy Group Submits Plans for Updating the FMMO System
…reflect the value of the high-quality products made from farmers’ milk, by rebalancing pricing risks that have shifted unfairly onto farmers, and by creating a pathway to better reflect processing…
May Snow Survey Still Shows Abundant Snowpack
…news release. While the snow depth at Phillips Station dropped by more than half over the last month, it has been melting at a slower pace than anticipated. Below-average temperatures…
‘Newsom Stepped Up This Year’ in Response to Water Conditions
…was willing to relax some of the environmental laws in the Delta in terms of water quality so that we could pull some of these high flows off and get…
Millions of U.S. Seniors Face Food Insecurity
…food insecurity at disproportionately higher rates compared to their white counterparts as well as the overall food insecure population. In 2021, Black seniors were 3.8 times as likely and Latino…
Natural Gas May Get More Expensive in the Future
…important source of energy for U.S. farms. While U.S. natural gas futures prices have fallen sharply recently, CoBank says higher prices and increased volatility could be on the long-term horizon…
Agronomic Minute: Keeping Botrytis Outbreaks in Check
…when free moisture is present on the fruit surfaces and temperatures are anywhere from 58 to 82 degrees. Then grapes in a condensed cluster can end up cracking due to…
The Number of Dairy Herds Fell in 2022
…production have increased. The average dairy herd size reached a record high of 337 head in 2022. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land Of Ours program here. The Number of…
Almond Matters: Tough Year for Disease Pressure
…Todd Burkdoll said conditions have been favorable for fungal diseases. The higher level of moisture throughout the winter and early spring seasons lends itself to the proliferation of fungal pathogens….
USDA Makes $20 Million Available to Improve Rural Broadband Services
…Law in providing a total of $65 billion to address high-speed internet needs. Three funding categories are available through the BTA program. Up to $7.5 million is available for Technical…
Agronomic Minute: Protecting Crops from Spider Mites
…A new generation can generally develop every seven days. “In high heat spikes, they can develop a generation in as little as four days. This means that growers and PCAs…