F3 Innovate

F3 Innovate: Powering the Central Valley’s AgTech Revolution

DanAgri-Business, Education, Field & Row Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Industry, Interview, Regulation, Special Reports, Specialty Crops, Technology, Vegetables

…adopt more technology,” Koepke said, “but we also want to make sure it’s done the right way—driving real efficiency and productivity.” Connecting Growers, Students, and Companies At the heart of…

Rural Electrification

How Rural Electrification Transformed U.S. Farms

DanAgri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Biofuels/Energy, This Land of Ours

…lack of power limited productivity and quality of life, creating a growing divide between urban progress and rural hardship. How Rural Electrification Transformed U.S. Farms The Turning Point: Federal Action…

California’s water

California’s Water Puzzle: Insights from Avid Water’s Cory Broad

DanAgri-Business, Citrus, Interview, Irrigation, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

…react.” This recurring uncertainty, Broad warned, threatens both agricultural productivity and long-term planning. “My big fear is that we go into every season having the same conversation,” he said. “Do…

John Duarte

John Duarte on Central Valley Agriculture: Water, Prop 50, and the Future of Avocados

DanAgri-Business, Avocado, Economy, Environment, Grapes, Interview, Irrigation, Nursery crops, Pistachios, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

…from diverse parent crosses—rather than relying on inconsistent seedling rootstocks—orchards could be planted with trees that had uniform vigor, adaptability, and productivity. Shifting Toward Almonds In the mid-1990s, as raisins…

John Duarte Shares Bold Nursery Innovations and Warns of Prop 50 Threat

DanAgNet News Hour, Almonds, Avocado, Interview, Legislative, Nursery crops, Pistachios, Podcasts, Regulation, Special Reports

…listeners, stressing that productivity is the key to surviving low nut prices. The nursery’s work doesn’t stop with almonds. Duarte said their pistachio vigor clonal rootstock has shown a 30%…

Freight Safety and Dairy Market Pressures: Nick Folio

DanAgNet News Hour, Agri-Business, Economy, Exports/Imports, Interview, Labor and Immigration, Legislative, Podcasts, Regulation, Special Reports, Trade, Water

…soft, with prices aligning closely to weakened milk futures. Hot weather continues to reduce cow productivity, while out-of-state inventories linger due to weaker export demand. Perhaps most alarming, Folio warned…