Ag at large: Citrus growers battle with citrus bug
At a casual glance, you might conclude that the California citrus industry has been outmaneuvered and overcome by the tiny…
5 years ago
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Ag at large: Price share between farmer and food store
For each dollar consumers spend for food products less than 20 cents is received by farmers who produced the food.…
5 years ago
Ag at large: Canine sleuths identify deadly crop pathogen
You might have trouble pronouncing it, but it is important to know that phytophthora is perhaps the deadliest and most…
5 years ago
Ag at Large: For ag, the state is many – and more
Presenting California as the nation’s largest farm state projects a massive agricultural behemoth, but its growth profile is really composed…
5 years ago
Ag at Large: ‘In the red’ appeals to citrus growers
Researchers and sales-oriented industry leaders are steering California’s citrus industry toward a blood red future, and many growers are anxious…
5 years ago
Ag at Large: Flowers add color to farming output
Only for some are they edible, but California-grown flowers make a substantial contribution to the state’s agricultural arrangement – and…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Water leaves a mark on farm equipment
Theft of tractors and other equipment has become a huge factor in California’s farm country, but a subtle new means…
6 years ago
Ag Alert: Dirt not needed to grow veggies
It may be a stretch to call them farmers, but some enterprises, particularly in the arid Middle East, are producing…
6 years ago
Ag Alert: Sun cleans soil ahead of crops
Fans of global warming can take comfort in the potential benefits that increased heat might have for agriculture, particularly in…
6 years ago
Does Salinas portend future ag labor peace?
Observers and participants in the 50-year struggle for peaceful relations between farm workers in California and those who hire them…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Wild pigs bore down on the farm landscape
In a few California locales, wild boars can be hunted for sport during specific seasons. In mid-Kern County, the presence…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Farmers playing the word game
Whether they know it or not, farmers in California especially are playing a serious word game, one in which others…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Why do farms clutter the environmental landscape?
When the environmental phobia first became a movement, farmers wondered why the day-to-day activities they perform seemed to frustrate environmentalists.…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Tasty gives way to safety in food
Fans of government control will be thrilled by one of the federal government’s latest sorties into nourishment – a new…
6 years ago
FresYes: A pat on the head not to be ignored
California farmers seem to receive more than their share of kicks in the tail, but they can and should acknowledge…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Citrus future may be shrunken trees
Orange growers and others in the citrus industry, especially researchers, are exploring the possibility of reducing the size of trees…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Solar sites can dodge farm land
When they first began to cover plots of farmland with panels to collect the sun’s energy, some thought the encroachment…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Flooding the surface fills the underground
A research team has found that the recharge of depleted underground water basins can occur when crops such as alfalfa…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Generosity prevails as top farm crop
You might have noticed that when a community in the farm belt faces extenuating needs, it can count on the…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Worker shortage renews interest in fit housing
Farm workers were in tight supply during the spring and summer harvest season in California, causing some growers to revisit…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: State’s farm crops grow from research
Riding a tractor or guiding a pickup across a dusty field might not be inspiring environments for a farmer to…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Planting by tape saves labor costs
California’s vegetable crop growers are developing a kind of hands-off process for planting seeds that cuts labor costs, ensures a…
6 years ago
Ag at Large: Research reveals farmers’ spirit
A recent research project to measure growers’ dependence on a certain chemical product has inadvertently displayed the inherent spirit that…
6 years ago