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http://www.fb.org/index.php?action=newsroom.news&year=2013&file=nr1114.html The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 28th annual informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $49.04, a 44-cent price decrease from last year’s … Continue reading →

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Casa De Memories,” a profile of Casa de Fruta, a roadside landmark in San Benito County.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/11/08/ed-murrieta-lunch-with-karen-ross-esquir.html?page=all By Ed Murrieta Karen Ross, California’s head of Food and Agriculture, grew up on a cattle farm in western Nebraska. “This is a true confession,” Ross said over lunch (last month). “I grew up doing farm work and telling my … Continue reading →

http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/sacramento-area-scientists-say-salmon-could/content?oid=11971472 By Alastair Bland The fields of the Sacramento River floodplain generate much of the nation’s rice supply—but if managed just right, it seems they could also help produce wild fish. A two-year experiment led in part by UC Davis scientists … Continue reading →

Read the original story from the Sacramento Bee The small city of Galt on Sacramento County’s southern edge was founded by farmers, ranchers and dairymen like Arlin Van Groningen, a third-generation dairy farmer who continues the family tradition on a … Continue reading →

“Nutrient Management for Farmland Irrigation Systems” is one of a series of videos on conservation from the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The series is called, “There’s a Plan for That.”

The Sand County Foundation’s Leopold Conservation Award Program honors landowners across the U.S. for outstanding voluntary achievement in conservation practices that improve their bottom line and our environment. The award has been called, “The Nobel Prize for agriculture.”

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Melon Masters.”

By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee The effects of cattle theft did not fully dawn on rancher Candace Owen until she got a call in 2010 from a fellow rancher. It was a heads-up alerting her that some of her cows … Continue reading →