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• County’s “other” crops a hidden giant

  By Craig W. Anderson The Top Ten Leading Crops for any given year represents a huge chunk of San Joaquin County’s agricultural production dollars and provides a benchmark of the county’s agricultural stature. In 2010 the usual susp...

• Spray Safe helps makes spraying safer

  CDFA Undersecretary Sandra Shubert delivers the keynote address at the Spray Safe event. Photo by Goff Photography. By Craig W. Anderson More than 200 growers, landowners and ag business representatives comprised an interested and focused...

• Truck rule reporting extended to March 30

  Farm Bureau News The Air Resources Board (ARB) has moved the 2011 mileage reporting deadline for on-road diesel trucks registered for agricultural use to March 30, 2012. Those affected by the rule need to make sure they’ve tracked their ...

• Native Sod Program a hit with grass users

  By Craig W. Anderson California Native Sod grown on McDonald Island by Delta Bluegrass Company is being used to restore areas, including levees, with grass varieties that grew in the Valley before 1850. “These native species are those th...

• Meetings are key to our success

  PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE By Bruce Fry, SJFB President Phew! That was a busy month, from attending and speaking at the Farm Center Annual Meetings, the CFBF Specialty Crop Commodity Advisory Committee, CFBF Leadership Conference, Ag Venture,...

• Wine Tasting features a “Taste of San Joaquin”

  Farm Bureau News Over the 20 years the SJFB Foundation Wine Tasting and Auction has generated more than $250,000 for scholarships to college students pursuing an agricultural-oriented curriculum and funding to educate thousands of teachers and stud...

• Restrictions proposed ON FARM KIDS

  by craig w. anderson The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed rules that would amend the Child Labor in Agriculture regulations to “strengthen the safety requirements for young workers employed in agriculture,” said the department in t...

• SJ water expert Alex Hildebrand passes Jan. 23

  Alex Hildebrand is shown in this file photo walking his fields in the Delta. Photo by Goff Photography. FARM BUREAU NEWS Alex Hildebrand defended the Delta’s water, fought against a peripheral canal and defended water rights statew...

• SJ Valley air projects announced

  By Craig W. Anderson Representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency came to Stockton recently and announced during a ceremony in the Central California Traction Company Rail Yard that $5 million of $21 million in grant funding will be ...

• Ag exports to China good and growing

  By Craig W. Anderson Agriculture exports from California to China/Hong Kong have been big time bright spots for the state’s farmers and ranchers and wine in particular is faring quite well. Wine According the California Chamber of Comm...

• FFA maintains success in troubled economic times

  State officers visit Tokay High School FFA chapter officers in Stockton. Photo courtesy of Tokay High School FFA BY CRAIG W. ANDERSON Summer arrived, school let out but FFA activities continued on with the San Joaquin County Fair and the California Sta...

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR AG BUILDINGS

  FARM BUREAU NEWS Green is gold in today's environmentally sensitive marketplace and farmers – along with contractors – can benefit from tax incentives derived from energy efficient building design and improvements. Old buildings can be renovated and...

• ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY FIGHT UNDERWAY

  By Craig W. Anderson The Oriental Fruit Fly is small – about the same size as a housefly – but is pure evil as far as San Joaquin County’s walnut, cherry, grape, pepper and tomato growers are concerned because it attacks those com...

• Cabral Honored As Winemaker Of The Year

  By Craig W. Anderson Bob Cabral was named Winemaker of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine in what was an international competition for the title. Cabral, director of winemaking and general manager of Williams Selyem winery near Healdsburg in...

• MEDIA NIGHT OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITY

  San Joaquin Farm Bureau President Bruce Fry welcomes attendees to the annual media night, and event that continues it's popularity and gives SJFB a chance to communicate the issues farmers and ranchers face every day. Photo by Goff Photography BY CRAIG ...

• CHERRY HARVEST OFFICIALLY A DISASTER

  BY CRAIG W. ANDERSON In the beginning, the 2011 cherry crop was benefiting from very favorable weather, new plantings coming into production, and excellent size, all of which led some prognosticators to suggest the statewide crop would be in the 10 milli...

• CANAL OR TUNNEL WOULD DEVASTATE LOCAL ECONOMY

  BY CRAIG W. ANDERSON Several agencies have all presented plans, suggestions, white papers, analyses and ideas supporting the construction of a peripheral canal, conveyance facility, and/or tunnels to remove water from the Delta in order to "save" it. Tho...

• SEWD BEGINS FISH PASSAGE RESTORATION

  Looking downstream from the dam, equipment is rough grading the fish passage project. Photo courtesy of Stockton East Water District By Craig W. Anderson Construction has begun on the first of four anadromous fish passage restoration proj...

• Williamson Act Preserved By Supervisors' Vote

  By Craig W. Anderson Nov. 22 was a landmark day for the Williamson Act as the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 not to implement the provisions of AB 1265 which would have allowed the supervisors to reduce Williamson Act contracts b...

• Y F & R attracting new faces

  BY JULIE PHILLIPS RANDLES Recent efforts to spread the word about and boost membership in San Joaquin County's Young Farmers & Ranchers have been successful, netting new members and a number of renewed activities for the group. "We've gotten some ne...