Today, we report on the Agri-Pulse Food and Ag Policy Summit West, which was held this week in Sacramento. We hear from California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross and Roland Fumasi, Ph.D., EVP & North American Regional Head, RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness. We also report on the House Committee on Small Business hearing on how small […]
In today’s My Ag Life in Citrus show, host Sabrina Halvorson facilitates a conversation between Casey Creamer, president and CEO of California Citrus Mutual and Eric Bream, President of Bream Family Farm. They discuss regulations the California farmer face, the Sustainable Groundwater Act (SGMA), and more.
In today’s show, we report on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement of $500 million to expand meat and poultry processing capacity. And, Taylor Chlastrom talks with Jim Zion, managing partner at Meridian Growers, about congestion at West Coast ports and how tree nut shipments are being affected.
We focus on drought today, with audio from Governor Gavin Newsom’s news conference, Thursday. We also cover this week’s State Water Resources Control Board meeting. Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to our sponsors who make it possible to get you your daily news. Please feel free to visit their websites. Agromillora […]
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Jim Zion, managing partner at Meridian Growers, to discuss congestion at West Coast ports and how tree nut shipments are being affected.
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Shulamit Shroder, UCCE community education specialist in Kern County, and Jessie Kanter with the UCCE Small Farms and Specialty Crops Program in Fresno County to discuss cover cropping to achieve management goals and lessons learned from recent cover crop trials in the San Joaquin Valley.
In today’s show, we report on the California State Assembly Natural Resources Committee meeting and their discussion and vote on SB 456 by Senator John Laird. SB 456 is a bill on California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan Goals. Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to our sponsors who make it possible […]
Farmland owners in the Central Valley and Bay Area are invited to share their opinions on solar. Researcher and PhD student at Stanford, Nicole Buckley Biggs joins us on the show today to talk about her research and how farmers can help. To reach Nicole, email her at nbuck@stanford.edu. We also have Taylor Chalstrom’s interview […]
In the show today, Sabrina Halvorson reports on the state Senate Ag Committee hearing on AB 45, which would change some hemp regulations. Taylor Chalstrom talks with Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE IPM advisor for North San Joaquin Valley, to discuss stink bug management in almond, including monitoring for true bugs as well as predatory stink bugs. […]
Happy Independence Day! In today’s holiday edition, we revisit some of our most popular interviews from the last few weeks. We hear from Michael Boccadoro with the Ag Energy Consumers Association, Assemblyman Heath Flora, and beekeeper Gene Brandi. Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to our sponsors who make it possible to get […]