- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The official magazine of the World Ag Expo 2013 contains a three-page spread about sorghum research being conducted at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center by Jeff Dahlberg, director of the center.
Copies of the magazine will be available to visitors at the world's largest agricultural exposition Feb. 12-14 in Tulare. A pdf of the sorghum article is attached below.
In the article, Dahlberg says that, in the past, sorghum forages were not as good as corn for silage feed. But times have changed.
"We've come a long way from what your father or grandfather grew as sorghums years ago," Dahlberg said. "It's to...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Eating crispy sweet corn the same day it’s picked is one of the best reasons to stop at a roadside farm stand. Fresh corn-on-the-cob’s notes of honey and vegetal cream barely resemble the starchy, grainy flavor of processed corn.
Demonstrating fresh sweet corn’s esteem in the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Visalia Times-Delta ran a feature yesterday about First Fruits Sweet Corn in Hanford where customers can buy the proprietors’ secret corn variety until the end of September.
Reporter Hillary Meeks contacted UC Cooperative Extension agronomy farm advisor