…Dairy Calf and Heifer Association was founded in 1996 based on the mission to help dairy producers, calf managers and those professionally focused on the growth and management of dairy…
NFU Recognizes Women in Agriculture
…develop their leadership skills through the annual NFU Women’s Conference. The conference focuses on leadership development and risk management training for women. This year’s conference emphasizes building knowledge and skills…
ACP Management Participation Worries Growers
A recent poll showed California citrus growers have some concerns about participation when it comes to ACP management areas. Participation Worries Growers Managing the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is vital…
Maps Show Forest Water Loss During Drought
…progressive canopy water stress identify at-risk forest landscapes and watersheds at fine resolution, and offer geographically explicit information to support innovative forest management and policies in preparation for climate change….
Snowpack’s Water Content Far Greater than One Year Ago
…drought management tool. Each individual act of conservation, such as letting the lawn go brown or replacing a washer in a faucet to stop a leak, makes a difference over…
Agri View: Smart Phones
…available by year’s end, noted Herrick, with ARS’s Range Management Research Unit in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Herrick helped develop, test and release the apps as part of a five-year,…
Almond Board: AIM Initiatives
…sustainable1 through the four major initiatives described below. Water Management and Efficiency: This focuses on speeding up almond industry transition to more efficient irrigation scheduling and management practices to get…
FDA Requests Comments on Use of the Term “Natural” on Food Labeling
…FDA-2014-N-1207on each page of your written comments. Division of Dockets Management HFA-305 Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 For more information: Federal Register Notice…
The Western View: Big Data
…by all sorts of devices and in many ways, and has become an inescapable fact of life. The data collected is very useful for farm management not only by the…
Viewing HLB Prevention as Insurance Policy
…University of California-Davis associate professor Neil McRoberts says growers need to look at it like an insurance policy. More on ACP management In response to the establishment of ACP in…
EPA Announces $44 Million to Improve Water Quality, Infrastructure in Arizona, Nevada
…improve the State’s water quality in the face of evolving threats from climate change. Examples include watershed protection, forest restoration, and stormwater management projects that utilize floodplains and natural landscapes…
Groundwater Management a Costly Endeavor
…a lot of money. Department of Water Resources For the first time in California history, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) empowers local agencies to adopt groundwater management plans that…
CDFA Accepting Proposals for Fertilizer Research Program
…agriculture. New this year is a call to address barriers to adoption of effective management practices, including cost and benefit, economic thresholds, incentives, and diffusion of innovation studies. Also new…
Omnibus Approval Key for Cattle Producers
…listing, which will give producers more flexibility to address prescriptive Resource Management Plans. Livestock grazing is one of the best management tools we have to maintain healthy landscapes, reducing the…