California Ag Today

Stuart Woolf is President and CEO of Woolf Farming and Processing. The farming operation produces almonds, pistachios, tomatoes, grapes, onions, garlic, wheat, hay and various other row crops. He noted how tough the 2021 production season is, with a zero water allocation. 

Due to very little rain and snow during the winter of 2020/2021, California growers are having to rely on groundwater to get through this season. We all believe this is an unsustainable struggle to irrigate crops. Ryan Jacobsen is the CEO of the Fresno County Farm Bureau. 

He is also the fourth generation of two Fresno County farm families. He noted that the situation is dire and will become more dire if we are at the cusp of another multiple-year drought.

Anthony LaFauce is with the Clyde Group -- a Washington D.C.-based communications and public relations firm. He is also an adjunct in the School of Communications Dept. at American University. He suggests ways for PCAs to get heard! 

Hear Amy Wu, the author of From Farms to Incubators on how women entrepreneurs are revolutionizing agriculture through high technology.

Amy Wu is an award-winning agtech journalist and the producer/director of the documentary film From Farms to Incubators. She is widely published in major newspapers and magazines. In 2020, Wu was named on Worth magazine's Groundbreakers 2020 list of 50 Women Changing the World!

Photo Courtesy of Bill Winters

Today’s announcement is no surprise given current hydrologic conditions and regulations that restrict operations of the Central Valley Project, but it is devastating nonetheless for farmers and communities across the region that rely on water from the CVP and jobs created by irrigated agriculture.

Jeff Mitchell is a UCANR Cropping Systems Specialist in the department of Plant Science at UC Davis. He has been researching Conservation Tillage for more than 20 years.

Competition from other state, massive regulations, and plant based movement pressure the industry.

Pest Control Advisors and applicators must alway make there voices heard in social media and websites. 

Anthony LaFauce has been an adjunct at the American University, for eight years. He’s taught public speaking, digital communications in public relations. He is a principle at the Clyde Group, a Washington D.C public relations and public affairs firm. The company works closely with Crop Life America---a national trade association that represents the manufactures, formulators and distributors of pesticides.

The national dairy industry is hurting badly due to lower consumption and over-supply.  Why not shut down the dairy and grow a crop that can be marketed and put black ink on your balance sheet instead of red ink!

Emily Metz President and CEO of the American Egg Board Has the Details!