Introduction How much inventory did you have left over from the last harvest season? What about two seasons ago? For produce processors the answers to these questions can be a make or break proposition. Thin gross margins, fluctuating commodity prices and ever-increasing storage costs make proper inventory management critical to the overall profitability of your operation. As such, it is …
The Almond Board of California (ABC) today announced its 2019 Almond Leadership Program class. These 19 promising leaders represent diverse backgrounds across multiple industries, from almond growers, processors and food safety specialists to marketing experts, sales representatives and even a dentist who has a passion for farming. Almond Leadership Program participants will spend the next year growing in their roles …
Know a California farmer, rancher or forester who goes above and beyond in the care and management of natural resources? Nominate them for the 2019 California Leopold Conservation Award®. Sand County Foundation, the nation’s leading voice for the conservation of private land, presents the Leopold Conservation Award to private landowners in 13 states for extraordinary achievement in voluntary conservation. In California the …
A limited number of tickets remain for the Sixth Annual Salinas Valley Ag Technology Summit on March 27 at Hartnell College …
Attendees of the Organic Trade Association’s spring policy conference will have the rare opportunity to get an insider’s loo…
SMALL GRAINS AND OTHER FIELD CROPS: Wheat and alfalfa crops continue to mature well. Dairy forage crops are still flourishin…
$20,000 in total awards are available to selected applicants. Applications are being accepted until May 27, 2019. Syngenta i…
Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture joins the nation in celebrating National Ag Day, which highlights agriculture’s…
National Corn Growers Association President Lynn Chrisp made the below statement following the Environmental Protection Agen…
Each year roughly 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne illnesses according to …
Salmonella – we all know it’s bad for us but why? What is it? Where does it come from? Why should we care? Does my company h…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced last week that the January 2019 income over feed co…
(Week Ending on March 9) SMALL GRAINS AND OTHER FIELD CROPS: Recent rains have benefited wheat and alfalfa crops. Dairy fora…
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