Articles Tagged with ''California agriculture''

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross recently returned from the COP26 climate conference in Glasglow, Scotland, where she talked about California’s climate-smart ag programs and met with counterparts from around the world. She spoke with Agri-Pulse about her impressions.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) wants to hear from people about how to set up the $50 million Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program established by the legislature this year. The goal is to hear from stakeholders in the Central Valley about what uses they would like to see for acres removed from irrigated agricultural use.

California and other Western states stand to benefit from new investments in conservation practices and on-farm trials from NRCS.

With the new budget providing additional funding to some of California’s climate-smart ag programs, the Food and Ag board heard from experts about how to ensure the money strengthens and expands the impacts of funded projects.

The San Joaquin Valley Water Collaborative Action Program is bringing farmers to the table alongside environmental groups, drinking water advocates and local municipalities.

Parts of California received record-breaking rainfall over the past week, but “it’s too early to tell” how much impact that will have on the current drought, says UC Davis professor Jay Lund, co-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences.

DWR Karla Nemeth said California’s new era of climate extremes calls for messaging focused instead on collaboration.

A new variety of almond that does not rely on bees or an adjacent, different almond tree for pollination is now available.

DPR has expanded the label for Bayer CropScience’s Velum One nematicide and fungicide to include bulb crops and sweet potatoes.