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June is National Dairy Month

Share This: Who among us doesn’t love a cold glass of fresh milk and a few (just a few!) Oreo cookies? In 1937, National Milk Month was proclaimed as a way to promote drinking milk. This has since evolved to

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5 Years in Ag

Share This: By Vanessa Enciso 5 Years in Ag… I was hired 5 years ago in the Merced County Ag Commissioners Office. And if you don’t know about me, Hi! I’m Vanessa, and here is what I have been doing….

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Hating the Farmer – But Loving Apple?

Share This:   By Erik Wilson I have heard this accusation a thousand times in the last,” You greedy farmer. You know you need to stop exporting Almonds. You use all of the water in California.” I look at those

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Buying & Selling Time

Share This:   Buying and selling time……..   The farmer, the rancher, the timber man, and the fisher man, does not sell a commodity. The commodity may represent the profit or loss, but it is not what they sell.  

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My Back is Against the Wall

Share This: My back is against the wall. I’ve seen my water taken away, and the acres that my family farmed for generations lay fallow. I worked within the rules and regulations put upon me, until my ability to produce

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Government Spotlight

A Letter to the Mayor of Tulare California

In a recent write in to our publication, a concerned farmer and family man asks the mayor of Tulare, CA to open up a dialog with him and other Ag leaders. This comes in light of recent remarks the mayor made that appear to be out of touch with his on Agricultural base. Please write in with your thoughts, and join the conversation.

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And Another Farm Family Is Gone

Share This:   And another family is gone. Tomorrow morning, a friend and his family will leave California. He is a horse farrier, and has lived here in California his entire life. His wife works for an airline, so making

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Ag Life & Poetry

Regenerative Ag – A Back to the Future Technique for Farming

In today’s farming world, we hear many terms passed about. But perhaps one of the most misunderstood is that of “Regenerative Agriculture”. Just what is it, and how do farms consider it in use? This is an almost “Back to the Future” like farming method that you will be hearing more about in the future. Especially as more farms look for ways to integrate and grow.

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Using Unconventional Spaces For Renewable Energy

Here is a piece from last year written by Kat Kerlin of UC Davis going over the possible use of unconventional spaces to help with renewable energy plans, which will save prime Ag lands from further acquisition. Perhaps this can help the farmer more?

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Ag Life & Poetry

Top 15 In Demand Ag Jobs

Share This: By Charles Hice   Top 15 In Demand Ag Jobs   Ag Retail Sales – This job considers all people engaged in sales of products to farmers or from farmers. Products may include seed, feed, equipment, crop nutrition,

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