…Game® The game’s objective is to raise money by harvesting crops and selling livestock, including hay, fruit, grain, and cattle. This is done by moving around the board using one…
UCCE Helps Hmong Farmers Weather Drought
…time of day they irrigate. Some stopped farming all together. “One farmer told us he was irrigating his crops with his domestic well,” Dahlquist-Willard said. Energy efficiency programs turned out…
Electronic Bug Trap Reduces Labor
…University, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon and Penn State, received a grant from USDA to solve labor intensive tasks in high-value specialty crops,” vice president of software, Ben Brame says….
Agri View: Crop Losses
…tend to have more advanced agriculture, therefore producing more crops per hectare, ergo a greater total yield loss due to a single event. That does not necessarily mean as significant…
Tomato growers reduce acreage to match markets
…of this week, about 8 percent of the state’s crop has been harvested. After growers produced two years of record crops, tomato processors have scaled back contracted acres this year…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…Pursuing a diverse rotation that includes alfalfa, cover crops, and a variety of heirloom grain crops that are marketed as both raw seed and value-added pasta, Teixeira is working to…
Adapting Drone Technology for California Ag
…know if certain plants are stressed before a person can see it. “We don’t do much variable rate spraying in California and have a lot of permanent crops,” Hull says….
Ag Labor and Border Security Require Balanced Approach
…are harder to come by with each harvest season. And, without an efficient and legal way for a dependable supply of farm workers to enter the country, more U.S. crops…
Shade Plants
No shade, no problem. Cathy Isom tells us about the crops that don’t need a lot of light to thrive in our gardens. That’s coming up on This Land of…
Agri View: Bad Weather
Everett Griner talks about bad weather of 2016 unusually hard on crops in today’s Agri View. Bad Weather From: USDA Office of the Chief Economist Weather and Climate Weather is…
Western View: Kings Forest
…and Los Angeles and crops in the Imperial valley. Changing those uses now so the water could stay in Colorado just isn’t possible. However, when the King owns the forest…
SGMA Timelines Necessary for Ag
…20-year implementation plan,” Wade says. “It takes a long time in agriculture to plan for crops, to invest in permanent plantings and long-term irrigation projects. Shorter than a 20-year time…
Farm Labor Shortage Vexes Farmers
A new video produced by the American Farm Bureau Federation shines a spotlight on the frustrations of the nation’s farmers in finding workers to harvest their crops. While the video…
Drought Resistant Plants
…many of which survive in cultivation today and can help you to produce more in your garden with less water. Drought-tolerant crops include some of the most storied foodstuffs in…