…yields or crop losses, or prevent crop planting as authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. These workshops will assist producers in understanding available options and will provide an overview of…
Halloween Pumpkin Planting
Too early to think about Halloween? Think again, especially if you grow your own pumpkin. Cathy Isom has some tips on when you should think about planting pumpkins so they’re…
Water Board Says More Rights Will be Curtailed Soon
…rights. Anticipating impending cuts by the state, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta farmers with riparian water rights proposed a 25 percent cut in their water diversions or plantings last week, saying the…
USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture
…strategy is made of these 10 building blocks: Soil Health: Improve soil resilience and increase productivity by promoting conservation tillage and no-till systems, planting cover crops, planting perennial forages, managing…
The Western View: The Farmer’s Daughter
…crop from planting to harvest, and the following year, followed the family’s soybeans. But through the process, she became aware of how radicals in the organic food movement were using…
Cotton Acreage May be Lowest Since the 1920s
The downward spiral of California cotton plantings will continue this year, with only 170,000 estimated acres. Roger Isom, president of the California Cotton Growers Association, told members at the association’s…
USDA Releases Prospective Plantings Report
…quick review of Tuesday’s USDA Prospective Plantings report. Farmers were asked during the first two weeks of March for their planting intentions. Gary Crawford reports. USDA Releases Prospective Plantings Report…
USDA Provides $57.9 Million to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases through the 2014 Farm Bill Section 10007
…providing therapeutic treatments in specialty crop plants, and establishing foundation stock. The goal is to make sure that disease-free, certified planting materials are available and ensure the global competitiveness of…
USDA to Survey Farmers’ Planting Intentions for 2015
…Plantings report, which provides the first survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions for the year,” said NASS’ Pacific Regional Field Office Director, Vic Tolomeo. “The March Agricultural Survey provides…
DuPont Pioneer Enhances Grower Service and Support
…risk analysis and planting priority tools to make real-time adjustments if weather or other factors interfere with spring planting. At the end of the season, a trusted Pioneer advisor will…
Students Use National FFA Week to Share Importance of Agriculture
…to prepare future generations for the challenges of feeding a growing population. Since the founding members the organization has taught generations that agriculture is more than planting and harvesting —…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…supplies for your water needs,” the water board notice advised. “Planting and planning decisions should be made in light of possible curtailment of junior rights.” More than 9,000 curtailment orders…
Silicon Valley Bank Foresees Breakout Year Ahead for U.S. Fine Wine Business
…off premise in 2014. This poor performance is likely to continue in 2015. • Planting: Grape planting is shifting regionally. Oregon and Washington are showing strong growth in planting on…
Use of Fumigant to Face Additional State Restrictions
…nut, vegetable and ornamental crops. Chloropicrin is used prior to planting these crops to clean the soil, which in turn helps to control diseases and pests. It is injected into…