Extreme heat gradually subsided in the West says the latest USDA crop report Aug 29 noting the Midwest finally got some drought busting rain too late for most summer crops.…
A group of Santa Maria farmworkers has volunteered to participate in a UC study to determine whether they are exposed to hazardous pesticide residues when harvesting strawberries. The study is…
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today sent a letter to Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, calling for an investigation into recent spikes in the price of gasoline in…
The two sprawling utility-scale solar projects in eastern San Luis Obispo county are approaching their second season of construction this fall and both are targeting energizing – hooking the panels…
Southern California Edison officials are making the rounds in local city halls and county board rooms to get the word out that installation of new smart meter technology in Central…
Kings Canyon Entrance Station To Open: Kings Canyon National Park’s new entrance station at Big Stump on Highway 180 will open in the next few days.- targeting September 1.The new …
Who says stimulus is a bad word? If it were not for local taxpayer-funded Measure R and the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) the City of Tulare would likely…
From Rewire If you’d like to use electricity from rooftop solar but you don’t own a rooftop to put it on, the California Assembly will soon be deciding whether or…
The Olive Growers Council of California announced reaching agreement this past week with the major black ripe olive processors for prices to be paid to table olive growers for their…
California Farmers Plant 20% More Corn USDA says California’s 2012 corn for grain production forecast is 958 thousand tons, 23 percent above 2011.With the Midwest drought the state’s farmers are…
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