…Yara North America‘s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Brian Kenyon talked to AgNet West about looking at their position as support for growers against those challenges. Listen to Kenyon’s…
Almond Matters: Establishing an Early Spray Strategy
…the monitoring all add up to a picture that allows pest control advisors and growers to start developing a strategy for controlling these pests.” Getting in front of various types…
CFBF: House Farm Bill a Win for California
…Modernization Act, particularly the Produce Safety Rule. Rolph mentioned that many growers are confused by some of the requirements of the rule and how it applies to specific farming operations. …
Western Growers Endorses California Water Bond
Western Growers has endorsed a water bond initiative likely to appear on the November 2018 California ballot. The measure would invest $8.877 billion in water infrastructure and programs throughout the…
Harvest Begins as Extent of Blueberry Damage Remains Unknown
…Volumes have increased significantly over the past ten years with growers producing approximately 61 million pounds last year. Harvest is officially underway as the industry continues to assess what kind…
New Water Sensing Technology Coming to Almond Orchards
…provide real-time information to growers on the specific water needs of their trees. “It’s really to optimize the use of water so that you get more crop per drop,” Executive…
Dicamba Legal Battle Continues in Arkansas
…predictable environment before they’re able to make their product available to growers that want to use it. The Arkansas State Plant Board made it illegal to use dicamba between April…
California Grape Acreage Report, 2017 Summary
…USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct an annual acreage survey of California grape growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide annual grape acreage with information on…
Perdue Announces New Senior Leaders at USDA
…specialty crops. He is a past president of the National Corn Growers Association Corn Board and a member of the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA), having served on the board…
Developing More Tools for Precision IrrigationSponsored Content
…Companies are continuously looking to make tools that allow growers to be as efficient as possible with their water. Brian Kenyon from Yara North America talked to AgNet West about…
Groups on House Agriculture Committee Approving 2018 Farm Bill
…and Mouth Disease vaccine bank, as well as funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), research, foreign market development, and market access programs.” National Corn Growers Association: The following…
Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Announces Farm Bill Priorities
…Nassif, president and CEO of Western Growers Association, said, “SCFBA is advocating for a common set of priorities with this next farm bill, reflecting mutual objectives of U.S. growers and…
Monitoring for New Problematic Weed Species in Rice
California rice growers will need to be on the lookout for two new problematic weed species this year. One of the species is called rough barnyardgrass (Echinochloa muricata) and the…
Providing Perspective on the Annual Dirty Dozen List
…by the Environmental Protection Agency. The data also showed that some fruits and vegetables had no pesticide residues at all. Thorne noted the strict protocols that growers must abide by…