This episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast is brought to you today by the Western Growers Association. Supporting producers that grow the best medicine in the world. Find…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 07-01-21
…and armyworm season starting for rice producers in California. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features and more. Listen to previous Farm City Newsday episodes… Danielle…
Almond Update: Additional Conservation Assistance for Drought Impacted Regions
…drought. CIC is being developed as an extension of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), offering producers another avenue of support for conservation efforts. “Growers might be familiar with the…
Sheep Industry Input Needed to Update Targeted Grazing Handbook
The American Sheep Industry (ASI) Association is seeking industry input in the development of a new resource for producers. ASI is working to develop a second volume of its Targeted…
Proposition 12 Review Denied by Supreme Court
…options to block Proposition 12 which will cost both producers and consumers millions of dollars according to economists and the state of California’s own analysis,” NAMI spokesperson Sarah Little said…
New Guidelines Available as Winegrape Mechanization Expands
…increasingly adopting other mechanization equipment as well. UC Davis researchers have also produced a new set of guidelines to assist producers to use mechanization tools more efficiently. “Essentially all the…
Improving EU Trade Relationship to Benefit U.S. Ag Exporters
…many American ag producers. U.S. vegetables, cotton, and nuts were among the products incurring hefty tariff increases. Several agricultural groups have issued support of the recent development to improve U.S.-EU…
Fresh Produce Industry Continues to Struggle with Transportation Issues
…past year. Conditions have been slowly improving, with some of the port congestion beginning to clear up. However, obstacles still remain, negatively impacting producers. LeMay explained that it is important…
Senate Passes Growing Climate Solutions Act with Encouragement from Ag
…the carbon program. The bill also establishes an online resource for farmers and ranchers interested in carbon market information. A lack of reliable and credible information has kept some producers…
Ag Equipment Incentives Highlighted at WAPA Annual Meeting
…for producers looking to apply for incentive funds. “We’re very encouraged this year to hear that the Governor’s proposed budget is $363 million for the FARMER project, and that’s over…
Week in Review: Roundtable Addresses Farm Labor, Proposed Tax Changes Have Costly Implications
…by Congress. Additional support for agricultural producers and businesses will be made available through the Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. No new biotypes of weedy rice have been confirmed so…
New Publication Outlines Herbicide Drift Symptoms on Hemp
…Really, it’s a tool that our existing growers, hemp producers, ag commissioners, anyone working around hemp production can have as a resource.” The research team looked at the symptoms of…
VofV: Cooperation and Data Sharing for Better Food Safety
This episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast is brought to you today by the Western Growers Association. Supporting producers that grow the best medicine in the world. Find…
Almond Update: Almond Journey Podcast Provides Peer-to-Peer Industry Insight
The Almond Journey podcast from the Almond Board of California (ABC) is bringing valuable industry information to producers in a peer-to-peer format. ABC Senior Director of Global Communications Daren Williams…