…is the soil growing organic products. We are looking at a different approach to organic soil, Improving the soil of micro health because we are now seeing that natural ground…
AgNet News Hour Tuesday, 05-20-25
…If you’re interested in how real-world organic farming works from soil to shelf, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss. The episode also spotlights California’s powerhouse crops, with…
Reservoir Farms Opens Applications for Inaugural Cohort of 12 Startups
…machine vision, lightweight end effectors, modular field robotics, edge AI, and precision soil analytics. These innovations have the potential to revolutionize efficiency, sustainability, and productivity in specialty crop farming. Reservoir…
California’s Agriculture Industry Faces Urgent Aging Challenge
…cover essential topics such as sustainable farming techniques, soil health management, irrigation practices, and modern technological advancements in agriculture. The goal is to make high-quality agricultural education more widely available,…
Almond Update: Initial 2025 Almond Production Forecast
…orchards, and the full implications of this heatwave are still being assessed. Growers are monitoring tree health, soil moisture levels, and the potential impact on nut development, as prolonged exposure…
California Walnut Growers Looking Forward to Promising 2025 Crop
California walnut growers are looking forward to a promising 2025 crop, thanks to favorable early season conditions. After three years of above-average precipitation, surface water levels are sufficient, and soil…
Fig Crop Shaping Up to be Promising
…successfully. According to figs.com, California Fig growers work hard tending to the trees, harvesting the fruits, and drying figs. But fig production is a year-round process that requires soil preparation,…
California Rich Soil History
…and today we have some of the richest deepest soil on earth perfect to grow over 400 crops of food. California Rich Soil History Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk…
American Agriculture History Minute: Kansas Pioneer Farmers
…THE NATIVE GRASSES AND PLANTED CROPS IN THE FERTILE SOIL. AS A RESULT ONLY SCATTERED PATCHES OF NATIVE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SURVIVE. By Patricia DuBose Duncan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons…
California Walnut Growers Experiencing Promising Early Season
…replenish soil profiles, contributing to a strong bloom and early shoot development. Early walnut varieties began to show bud break in mid-April, with varieties such as Chandler exhibiting healthy shoot…
Growing Edge: Almond Growers Looking Ahead
…conversation covers it all. Discover how disease pressure, irrigation, orchard density, and even neighboring crops can set the stage for outbreaks—and why timely, strategic fungicide applications like Quash® can be…
90 Years of NRCS – Over a Century of Soil Conservation Awareness
Michael McElhiney with soil sample in Stanislaus County, CA. By Lynn Betts / Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service / Wikimedia Commons Even with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation…
Japanese Scientists Achieve Breakthrough in Lab-Grown Chicken
…produced a 10-gram nugget of lab-grown chicken with improved density and texture. It’s a significant advance in the field. The researchers say this approach could be scaled up to produce…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 04-07-25
…touched on the loss of 2614 gigatons of soil moisture between 2020 and 2016, affecting global temperatures and sea levels, and the potential impact on agriculture in various regions. In…