…temperatures for food, birds require lots of high-fat, rich food to help them stay warm. While providing food on a bird feeder is a great help, we can always do…
New Lighting Requirements for Agriculture Arriving by Next Harvest
…sets and when the sun rises. The new rule lats out three specific rules for agricultural employers to follow: the provision of Class 2, high-visibility garments to employees, ensuring employees…
Western View: Will California Take Over PG&E?
…being raided to build high speed rail. Can we expect PG&E’s funds to be misused as well? Trust is the core of the issue. We’ve been hoodwinked by the state…
Is Hass Avocado the New Green Gold?
…the most popular East Africa avocado. It is high in protein and mineral content, source of high-quality cholesterol and is used in cosmetics. It also is not new to many…
World’s First True Red Spinach Variety Released
…vegetables with high levels of beta-carotene (provitamin A), lutein, folate, vitamin C, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and potassium. The red color of USDA Red comes from the phytonutrient betacyanin rather than…
Sterile NOW Project Sees Major Improvement
…males weren’t really responding to pheromones,” U.C. Cooperative Extension Assistant Specialist Houston Wilson said. “We weren’t recovering them in any sort of high numbers in any of the released blocks.” Wilson is…
74th Annual CARCD Conference to Highlight Timely Issues
…will also be offering presentations on conservation during the High School Speak-Off Competition. “Every year we have an amazing set of high school students come and speak about whatever conservation…
New Map Shows How Food Moves Through U.S.
A team from the University of Illinois recently developed the first high-resolution map of the American food supply chain. The map provides a comprehensive look at how food such as fruits and vegetables,…
BQA Campaign Seeks Greater Understanding of Industry Efforts
…Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a Beef Checkoff contractor, is addressing. Its goal is to bridge the gap between what the industry is doing to produce high-quality beef in a humane, environmentally…
Catastrophic Decline of the Western Monarch
…thousands of miles across brutal deserts and high mountains. Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus). Monarch Butterflies cluster together on the pines and eucalyptus trees during their migration to overwinter in Monarch…
Winegrapes Came Back Strong in San Luis Obispo County
…overall production, pushing winegrape values to a record-high of $276 million. The 2018 crop report also reflected a milestone for the county as a whole with more than $1 billion…
Deformed Wing Virus Genetic Diversity in U.S. Honey Bees Complicates Search For Remedies
…for developing a vaccine for the virus. The high level of genetic diversity was found among the virus population within individual honey bees as well as within bee colonies. About…
California Hemp Industry Takes Next Step with SB 153
…Department of Agriculture by May 1, 2020, which will have 60 days to complete an evaluation. California growers have high expectations for the potential of industrial hemp in the state….
Western View: Green Energy’s Dirty Little Secret
…medium and high-voltage electrical installations. It is used in wind turbines as well as large power stations and sub-stations in towns and cities. It prevents electrical accidents and fires. SMUD…