…he wouldn’t still be a farmer.” Optimistically, each winter we review our harvest data comparing our crop yield by variety to our cost of production for that crop that season,…
Preparing for an Uncertain Future with Climate Smart Agriculture
…minimize environmental impacts. Improving No-till and cover cropping strategies help to build soil organic matter and sequester carbon, while also improving soil quality and retaining soil moisture. In a no-till…
Crop Insurance Organic
…Addendum to cover their crops at a higher price than traditional crops. The Contract Price Addendum allows farmers transitioning to organic production to insure certain crops at their contract price…
Agri View: Women and Modern Agriculture
…livestock production at subsistence and commercial levels. They produce food and cash crops and manage mixed agricultural operations often involving crops, livestock and fish farming. Some researchers note that agricultural…
Industry Gets White Rot Update
…the growers’ own product to help fight the disease by incorporating left over crop into the soil. The industry is excited about the promising results because the alternative is no…
New Pistachio Cultivar Shows Early Harvest
…be a good fit for smaller growers. S-43 bloomed extremely early in trials. So early it could make harvesting the crop difficult. Kallsen says this variety could help space out…
Almond Board: More on AIM
…focuses on speeding up almond industry transition to more efficient irrigation scheduling and management practices to get the most crop per drop of water. This builds on the 33% reduction…
USDA Expands Insurance Options for Farmers Transitioning to Certified Organic Agriculture
…Addendum to cover their crops at a higher price than traditional crops. The Contract Price Addendum allows farmers transitioning to organic production to insure certain crops at their contract price…
Indoor Farms Creates Optimal Environment
…Indoor Farms of America: After nearly 2 years of design and redesigning workshops, growing thousands of crop plants from seed to maturity, IP Patent processing, device mold construction, and first…
UC Davis Hydrology Team Visits NRI Study Field
Dr. Samuel Sandoval-Solis and Hydrology PhD student, Alyssa DeVincentis, and two other graduate students from the Sandoval-Solis lab at UC Davis conducted a whirlwind visit of four farm cover crop…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…agencies, nongovernmental organizations, non-profits and Tribal organizations. “Through the Farm Bill we are working with our partners and stakeholders to not only ensure the global competitiveness of our specialty crop…
California Winegrape Crush Down from 2014
…the shorter California crop was widely recognized at harvest. The exact winegrape tons reported as crushed in California in 2015 was 3,699,242. Despite the “smaller” crop, the amount of winegrapes…
Fresno State President, Faculty and Students Participate in World Ag Expo
…roundtable on Wednesday that included U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden, California cattle producer Jesse Larios of Foster Feed Yard and California Specialty Crop Council Executive Director Gary Van…
Voluntary Conservation Journey
…Brandt was doing this out of necessity, not for conversation sake. But over time he learned the benefits of no-till and cover crops as soil conservation tools. “When we began…