…wind or precipitation events), have greater water retention (providing resiliency during water scarcity) and provide nutrients to crops, among numerous other ecosystem benefits. Senate Bill 103, emergency drought legislation from…
Quest to Convert Algae to Biofuel
…biofuel crops that are grown both for fuel and food. The rub was if algae are deprived of nitrogen, the cells become stressed and begin to produce lipids, but their…
Ten to Participate in Leadership Farm Bureau
…Daniel Bays of Patterson, who grows a variety of permanent and row crops, serves on the CFBF Young Farmers and Ranchers State Committee, and is active with a number of…
Farm and Ranch Safety Week
…planting means tractors will be started, plows attached, and long days of hard work will begin as farmers hurry to get their crops in the ground as early as possible…
Agri View: Soil Care
…bountiful crops and forests, productive grazing lands, diverse wildlife, and beautiful landscapes. Soil does all this by performing five essential functions: Regulating water – Soil helps control where rain, snowmelt,…
Almond Board: Nitrogen Sampling
…plan each year, starting in 2015. A management plan takes into consideration the contribution of various sources of nitrogen other than fertilizer: nitrates in irrigation water, nitrogen in cover crops…
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
…soybeans, almonds, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, lettuce, alfalfa, tomatoes, watermelon, and bell peppers, with some crops having as many as 6 applications per year. Crops that have been properly treated with…
Asian Wasps Could Help Stink Bug Control
…to our climate if we get to the point of releasing it.” At the moment, BMSB has not caused significant damage to agricultural crops in California, but UC scientists want…
Leap Year and Ag
…eggs are broken out of their shells, they can be made into liquid, frozen, dried and specialty egg products. The egg shell may have as many as 17,000 tiny pores…
World Pistachio Day
…was recognized as an ideal growing location for pistachios and the first crops were planted around 1930. Years of experimenting took place and the first commercial crop in 1976 produced…
USDA Invests $25 Million in High-Priority Watersheds to Improve Water Quality
…of water bodies within these priority watersheds. NRCS and partners work with producers and landowners to implement voluntary conservation practices, such as nutrient management, cover crops, conservation cropping systems, filter…
Agri View: Marijuana, a Hot Crop
…cannabis farmers are dousing their crops in rat poison. Unfortunately, it’s showing up in the tissues of animals vital to the ecosystem, like the fishers. The researchers say that that…
State Water Project Allocations Doubled
…getting no deliveries for two consecutive years. No crops were planted on more than half a million acre-feet of California farmland last year. Collectively, the SWP Contractors serve approximately 25…
Bayer Grand Opening Of New Greenhouse Site In West Sacramento
…$12 million complex, situated on 5 acres, represents Bayer’s continuing commitment to innovative agricultural solutions to provide growers with more options to help crops thrive in seasonal and regional growing…