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Orchard Production Declines with Climate Change
Fruit and nut trees need a certain amount of chilling hours every winter in order to maximize production. In many areas of the San Joaquin Valley these chilling hours have decreased by about 30% since 1950. Clearly a warming...
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The ranking of the top 20 agricultural commodities produced in Kern County didn't change much between 2007 and 2008, but the value did.
For the second year, Kern County had gross production value of more than $4 billion, agricultural commissioner Ruben Arroyo wrote to the Kern County Board of...
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Carbon in Soil is Important Climate Stabilizer
Organic Agriculture has been on the fringe in America for too long. The Rodale Institute, a well-known promoter of organic methods, was not taken seriously at all back in the 70’s and 80’s. Today,...
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Well, they did it today. The democrat administration, without benefit of a public forum, input from anyone substantiating their position with facts and not even bothering to engage in the study the court had ordered, ordered the pumps that feed the westside of the southern San Joaquin Valley's...
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Bakersfield agribusiness company Sun World International LLC announced Monday that it soon will roll out a system designed to help retailers and consumers trace the origin and potentially the safety of its produce.
Sun World said it will put into place this spring the HarvestMark system...
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Here's a "raw report" press release on the upcoming Antique Farm Equipment Show. Hey, some of our readers like these events! So we're sharing.
2008 California Antique Farm Equipment Show Fact Sheet
What: 16th Annual California Antique Farm Equipment Show,...
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I guess everyone has a day. Brush your teeth day. Take your daughter to work day. Spay and Neuter Day. (That one, by the way, is real, and it's on Tuesday.)
Turns out there is a National Ag Day, too. This year it's March 11, to coincide with the first day of spring.
The Agriculture Council of...
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Almond growers are paying more than ever before for the bee hives that pollinate their crops. And that could eventually lead to higher prices at the grocery store.
This is huge for the local economy, as almonds are a half-million dollar industry just in Kern County.
More than 600,000 acres of...
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Food safety investigators have concluded that a Kern County farm is responsible for an e. coli outbreak in late 2006 that sickened more than 80 people in Iowa and Minnesota.
Tainted lettuce served by Taco John’s locations in Iowa and Minnesota was grown at the Wegis Ranch in Buttonwillow,...
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Growers and others in the agriculure industry can learn more able implementing Spray Safe programs in their operations in a meeting set for 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kern County Fairgrounds.
There will be presentations from local businesses that use Spray Safe. Call 758-6070 for...
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One will be raffled off at the 2008 World Ag Expo, according to reporter Vanessa Gregory's story on the event slated for next week.
Here are the details:
Dates: Feb. 12-14
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday
Admission: $10, or $9 with advance...
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But, what have they really done?
Our valley Agricultural businesses will benefit more than most if our air quality improves. Crops will yield more and be able to resist disease better because of improved plant health. With less dust, soot, and other common pollutants both valley...
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Well, I know y'all are usually talking about your two favorite subjects -- religion and politics. I'm not particularly fond of those two subjects, so I'm going to change the subject. (It's not my fault that they don't make sense to me.)
I'm changing the subject to agriculture!
Did anyone...
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After researching foodborne illnesses all day yesterday, I looked at my refrigerator full of food with a wary eye last night. The strange smell notwithstanding, there were some things in there that should have hit the trash a week or so ago, mingled in with food that I hope is still fresh....
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