On today’s show we continue coverage of the FIRA USA conference with an interview with Walt Duflock, Vice President of Innovation at Western Growers.

On today’s show we return to the FIRA USA conference. We also have this week’s Almond Update.

On today’s show Sabrina reports from FIRA USA at the Yolo County Fairgrounds. She starts with an interview with California Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross on the future of ag in California and the current management of H5NX in dairy cattle.

On today’s show we have interviews from the Syngenta media summit and an update from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

On today’s show we have a discussion on the damage from wildfires but looking at another area that we may not always think about: damage to the Central Valley’s tree nut crops. Joining us on the phone are two University of California researchers who found just how costly that damage can be.

On today’s show, we recap the top stories and interviews from the week.

On today’s show we’ll find out how the Almond Board is helping PCAs get Continuing Education Credits for free with their new program, the Almond Learning Hub. That’s coming up in this week’s Almond Update.  

We also hear about the Center for Irrigation Technology at Fresno State’s Ag Tech Days event on October 25th. Joining us to tell us more about it is Charles Hillyer, director at the Center for Irrigation Technology at Fresno State.

On today’s show we have an update to a story we’ve been following out of the Midwest, as Pure Prairie Poultry, a poultry company operating in Iowa, Minnesota, and Western Wisconsin, has abruptly abandoned its contracts with local farmers.

On today’s show we report from the California Association of Pest Control Advisors (CAPCA) annual meeting, held this year at the Disneyland Hotel convention center in Anaheim.

On today’s show we turn to the Midwest. Midwest poultry farmers are facing a devastating crisis after Pure Prairie Poultry abruptly abandoned its contracts, leaving them without payments or resources to care for thousands of birds. Farmers are spending tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket to feed starving flocks, while state and federal officials scramble to address the policy gaps that left them unprotected. With no safety net in place and government agencies slow to act, many farmers are on the brink of financial collapse, pleading for immediate relief before it's too late. Tune in to hear the full story.