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Siskiyou County, California, water curtailment for irrigators halted
Irrigators in Siskiyou County have won a court ruling to temporarily block a state water curtailment order that would have prevented area farmers and ranchers from tapping into percolating groundwater supplies they have relied on for decades. Supe... more
Brighter Bites donates over 500,000 lbs of produce to Austin families
Brighter Bites, a national non-profit delivering fresh fruits and vegetables directly into families’ hands, has reached more than 3,500 families and 500 teachers in Austin with approximately 524,000 pounds of fresh produce this school year. The ... more
Training tools offered to prevent farmworker sexual harassment
As April is National Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention Month, Equitable Food Initiative is calling attention to the topic of farmworker sexual harassment. EFI is supporting awareness initiatives by collaborating with Pacific Northwest Agr... more
New KestrelMet Weather Station available
A new tool available for the 2022 season, the KestrelMet 6000 AG Weather Station, provides farmers with a simple, cost-effective way to manage risk, create management timelines and achieve better irrigation efficiency. “The KestrelMet 6000 AG we... more
Growers, data scientists team up in landmark AI project
Data scientists at the University of Aberdeen are teaming up with fruit growers to build an artificial intelligence (AI) system to forecast harvests, which could potentially save the industry millions each year. The machine learning system for sof... more
Conservation program in Michigan implemented by MDARD, USDA
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced April 5 a pivotal conservation agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Services Agency (FSA), which reinstates Michigan’s Conservation Reserve Enhancemen... more
Local Bounti closes acquisition of Pete’s
Local Bounti Corp., a U.S. indoor agriculture company combining vertical and greenhouse growing technologies, announced April 5 the successful completion of its acquisition of California-based complementary indoor farming company Hollandia ... more