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June 23, 2021

• Farmers face water rights curtailments

• Ongoing backlogs clog ports, delay crop shipments

• Commentary: How we produced an agricultural paper in a pandemic

• Avocado growers seek ways to protect groves from heat

• Almond sales establish record

• Agricultural colleges name new deans

• ‘Candid’ discussion focuses on potential water solutions

• Resource helps ranchers with drought decisions

• Mobile labs assess efficiency of farm irrigation systems

• Meeting focuses on wildfire insurance

• Advisors describe tactics to control vertebrate pests

• USDA encourages filing of annual acreage reports

• Understanding sprayer operation boosts efficiency

• ‘Trojan horse’ pathogen may ultimately protect citrus trees

• Irrigation districts propose water transfer to Westside

• Method allows for assessment of recharge sites

• Dairy farm employs technology to ensure milk quality

• Beef demand will likely stay strong through the summer

• World Ag Expo to hold in-person event next year

• Pesticide office sets conference

• Nationwide News: Strategize the pros and cons of gifting farm assets

June 16, 2021

• Sheep ranchers face drought, wage issue

• Drought exposes need to upgrade water facilities

• Comment: State overtime law threatens wildfire prevention tool

• Farmers explore markets for specialty grain crops

• Additional drought assistance becomes available in state

• From the Fields

• Studies check impacts of deficit irrigation on alfalfa

• New easement protects land near Farmington

• Biden administration opens WOTUS rule ‘round three’

• Hearings to be held on SCE agricultural electric rates

• Advisors discuss work on pest-control alternatives

• Survey seeks answers about livestock, wildfires

• USDA commits $4 billion to bolster the food system

• Four will serve as FFA teacher ambassadors

June 9, 2021

• Produce shippers deal with pallet shortage

• State releases its first reviews of local SGMA plans

• Livestock owners see hay supplies cut due to drought

• Comment: Grazing provides important service on public lands

• Organic farm produces vegetables in Klamath Basin

• Water shortages reduce planned tomato acreage

• Employers criticize revised COVID-19 work rules

• Public, private institutions expand organic research

• Farmers describe drought impact on crops, jobs

• Employment costs, HLB challenge citrus farmers

• Wine market appears more balanced, analysts say

• Pear board reports positive market outlook for ’21 crop

• Farm Bureau opens 2021 Photo Contest

• Treatment appears effective in reducing aflatoxin

• Software interprets satellite images for grape growers

• Farmers describe organic, no-till vegetable production

• Advisors review vineyard mechanization techniques

• Drought relief includes aid specific to cover crops

• Project tests introduction of chickens in organic fields

• Alfalfa benefits from reducing weeds before planting

• UC documents how grazing benefits habitats, ecosystems

• Ask Your PCA: How can almond farmers manage hull rot?

June 2, 2021

• Pandemic-fueled lumber demand remains strong

• Farmers tell Lara about inability to buy fire insurance

• Commentary: Farmers oppose ill-defined DPR spending proposal

• Livestock owners face tough choices amid water shortages

• Water agencies confirm cutbacks

• From the Fields

• Farm groups back court ruling on herbicide labels

• Lettuce breeders seek further resistance to diseases

• Webinars discuss climate change adaptation

• Dung beetles may help farmers assure food safety

• UC reduces plant sizes

• USDA sends surveys

• Product gains new uses

• Organic sales set record

• Wildfire legislation funds forest-restoration projects

• Forecast shows U.S. farm exports on record pace

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