Crop Production
Growers can contact their local USDA service center to enroll for a farmland easement on eligible land, protecting the land from urban encroachment.
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This three-year commitment is the result of the shared mission of protecting and promoting honeybees and other helpful pollinators, and working with growers to make it all happen.
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The California Farm Demonstration Network is hosting a four-part series on California soils.
California Farm Demonstration Network series will feature four speakers, each with extensive knowl...
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unless growers are designing their irrigation systems well and diligently maintaining them, how efficient a system can be is very different from how efficient a system actually is. ...
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It’s a challenge very familiar to the agriculture industry: a shortage of qualified labor. The Center for Land-based Learning (CLBL) headquartered in Woodland, California, is looking to change that with an apprenticeship program that puts aspiring farm managers into the field. ...
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After eight months of negotiations in 2019, it became the first agriculture labor reform legislation to pass the House of Representatives since 1986.
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Super high density (SHD) orchards are quickly becoming another option for tree nut growers. ...
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Pollination in almond orchards has become an incredible market, joining the ranks of irrigation and harvest at 15-20% of a field’s annual costs, while marking what the Almond Board of California calls the largest pollination event in the world. ...
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