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The 2024 California Plant and Soil Conference will be held Feb. 6-7 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Fresno. The conference is organized by the California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy and UC Cooperative Extension.

Adaptado al espaol When third-generation dairy farmer Shonda Reid first saw a milking robot at a farm show 13 years ago, she immediately recognized that the technology represented the future. Her father, however, took a bit more convincing.

California wheat farmers could both maintain their yields and improve soil health by growing annual wheat without tilling the soil year after year.

Adaptado al espaol Residents in multiple Southern California and Northern California counties should not move homegrown fruits and vegetables from their properties to help contain several species of fruit fly that can destroy crops and impact the livelihoods of local farmers.

The holiday meal season is often a busy time for food hubs entities that handle the aggregation, distribution and/or marketing of source-identified regional food as restaurants, retailers and consumers fill their tables and shelves with an abundance of fresh, local products.