Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) are competitive grants that drive public and private sector innovation in resource conservation. CIG projects inspire creative problem-solving that boosts production on farms, ranches, and private forests…
Almond Update: Stewardship Tour Exposes Regulators to Sustainable Efforts
The Almond Board of California’s Environmental Stewardship Tour has been immersing regulators and officials in almond production and the industry’s ongoing effort for well over a decade. ABC’s Director of…
Almond Matters: Industry Works Toward Sustainability Goals
…water use, reducing the water required for production by a third over the past twenty years through the adoption of more efficient irrigation systems. Tools and techniques such as beneficial…
U.S. Organic Sales Hit $50 Billion for the First Time
…Organic Trade Association (OTA), the organic market set a new record of nearly $52.5 billion in sales. The sales number represents a 6.3 percent increase from the previous year. “Organic…
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Pays Dividends to American Farmers and Exporters
…remaining 5 percent for human consumption. Expanding poultry and livestock production is expected to keep demand for corn strong into the future. Dairy products have benefited from promotional efforts, innovative…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 05-28-19
…warmer weather, but the May storms have kept a pest at bay for strawberry growers. Also, in today’s show, the importance of beekeepers participating in new bee safety programs, organic…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 05-27-19
…California almonds were represented at the White House for the announcement. John Deere is slowing production a little, and there are some upcoming pest management webinars. Also, on this Memorial…
Ways to Avoid Wasting Your Bountiful Harvest
…they’ll accept fresh produce. Or, check in with your neighbors. There are plenty of folks who don’t grow gardens but wouldn’t mind some fresh yellow squash for dinner. Organic Baked…
Industry Reaction to USDA Trade Relief Announcement
…producers will receive a payment based on 2019 acres of production.” The Almond Board has worked closely with the Almond Alliance of California throughout the developing tariff situation to ensure…
USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation and Trade Disruption
…plantings cannot exceed total 2018 plantings. o Dairy producers will receive a per hundredweight payment on production history and hog producers will receive a payment based on hog and pig inventory…
Almond Matters: Ant Identification Critical to Management Approach
…harmful. “There’s really two species that you really care about: southern fire ant is the main one that’s throughout most of the almond production regions, particularly in the south,” said…
New Agricultural Video Series to Train the Next Generation Debuts
…the importance of the entire production system,” Mitchell noted. The concept for a video project highlighting multiple aspects of vegetable production was initially pitched three years ago to the California…
“Beef Cattle Industry Has Great Story to Tell” On Climate
…operations on to the next generation.” Lyons-Blythe, who helps run Blythe Family Farms in the Flint Hills of Kansas, also pushed back against claims that beef cattle production in the…
Farm Bureau Statement on Trump Immigration Reform Proposal
…studies of this problem over the last decade. In the more recent report, in 2014, looking at potential losses in vegetable, livestock, fruit and grain production, estimated losses range as…