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April 25, 2014
A Rant on the War for Water — or perhaps just a restatement of the obvious
Commentary by Laurie Greene, Editor The War for Water has become more complex, fractious, and dire. The battles are marked...
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April 24, 2014
California Wine Sales Grow 3% by Volume and 5% by Value in the U.S. in 2013
California wine shipments within the U.S. were 215 million cases in 2013, up 3% from the previous year, with an...
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April 23, 2014
Rice Growers Selling Water, Not Rice
Kirk Messick, Senior Vice President, Farmers Rice Cooperative in Sacramento, reviewed the water allocations announced last Friday. “The federal water...
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April 23, 2014
Agriculture Business Resources announces 2014 Specialty Crop Schools
Two short agriculture business courses will be offered in 2014 for agri-business professionals who want to learn about the scope...
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April 23, 2014
Valley Citrus Growers Receive 0% Water Allocation; Citrus Growers Available for Interviews April 23, 2014!
Late last week, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that rain and snow storms in February and March...
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April 22, 2014
Cooperative Extension Turns 100 May 8
Barbara Allen-Diaz, University of California Vice President, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, talked with California Ag Today about the...
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April 22, 2014
Earth Day, 2014
Source: Tara Weaver-Missick, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff Today is Earth Day, which gives us the opportunity to celebrate...
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April 18, 2014
USDA Awards California $19M Specialty Crop Block Grant
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that California has been allocated $19.76 million in funding for the...
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April 18, 2014
JCAST Faculty and Staff Provide Input for the Commission on the Future of Agriculture
Eight members of Fresno State President Joseph Castro’s Commission on the Future of Agriculture listened and shared during a campus...
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