Outsized wildfires, rising sea levels and disappearing glaciers are dramatic signs of climate change, but not the only ones. New UC Agriculture and Natural Resources research provides forewarning of a change that…
Week in Review: Increased ACP Trap Finds and Ag Rallies to Defeat Prop 15
…potential in combatting catastrophic wildfires. The North American Meat Institute lost its appeal against Proposition 12, but other efforts to prevent the measure from being implemented in 2022 continue. The…
Increasing More Targeted Cattle Grazing Is A ‘Win-Win-Win Opportunity’
A team of ten researchers looked closely at cattle grazing in California and determined that the practice has a great deal of potential in combatting catastrophic wildfires. Cattle are exceptionally…
Match.Graze Connects Landowners with Grazers
…the environmental benefits that grazing can provide aside from reducing wildfire fuels. Grazing plays a role in helping to prevent wildfire damage, but also in recovering from wildfires. “We are…
Wine Glass Half-Full: Challenges Help Balance Winegrape Oversupply
…dried up, consumer behaviors shifted dramatically, and working conditions had to be overhauled. The multiple record-setting wildfires added another layer of difficulty to the year. Fires have not only destroyed…
CDFA Teams with UC Davis to Provide Additional Smoke Testing
The University of California, Davis and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) are teaming up to provide more smoke testing options for agriculture. The overwhelming number of wildfires…
Week in Review: Buyers Weary of Winegrapes, No More Gas-Powered Vehicles by 2035
The amount of smoke coming from all the wildfires this year is giving winegrape buyers cause for concern, and justification for not accepting crops. Governor Gavin Newsom has signed another…
Smoke Exposure: ‘Get Out of Jail Free Card’ for Winegrape Buyers
Another year of catastrophic wildfires in California is once again raising concern about smoke exposure in winegrapes. President and CEO of Allied Grape Growers, PowerPoint Presentation Jeff Bitter said there…
Gasoline-Powered Vehicle Sales to End by 2035 Under Executive Order
…challenges. Johansson said that a mandate on the sales of gasoline-powered vehicles may not be the most pressing issue. “Unprecedented wildfires, homelessness, housing, you name it, California’s experienced it. So…
‘So Far, So Good’ For The 2020 California Rice Harvest
…mild complications arising due to the wildfires. COURTESY: CALIFORNIA RICE COMMISSION “So far, so good,” said Jim Morris, Communications Manager for the California Rice Commission. “There have been some delays…
Wine Industry Calling for Extension of Disaster Relief Due to Wildfires
Several agricultural groups are seeking additional disaster relief in light of the damage caused to the wine industry from various wildfires burning throughout the West. Wine groups from California, Washington,…
Week in Review: CFAP 2 Signups Underway, Growers Work Through Smoke Challenges
…of smoke coming from the wildfires. Researchers are looking to get a better understanding of Huanglongbing issues through an organic survey. All of the top agricultural news can be found…
Federal Wildfire Bill Receives Support from Ag Groups
…to address the West’s catastrophic wildfire crisis.” Wildfires have burned more than three million acres in California alone this year, highlighting the need for more support for fire suppression efforts….
Fresno County Grape Growers Press On Amidst Smokey Conditions
Fresno County grape growers are doing their best to work through the challenges created by the various wildfires. The multiple wildfires burning up and down California are leavening a significant…