Amalgamated Sugar Co. researchers and agronomists present field trials including nitrogen fertility, cropping systems, tillage, water sensor use, cover crops and herbicide use in sugarbeet production.

There are lots of resources for college-bound and college-enrolled students in agriculture. Have you identified all scholarships available to pursue?

Dinosaur bones, indoor farming, uninsurable California and labor law penalties – the fringes of agriculture at its most diverse, I'd say.

“Say a guy over here is offering [a price] for this protein, or a guy over there's offering [a different price] for a little lower protein. If you know what you have, you can go different directions with it,” Dustin says. “It's always smarter to know what you have in a bin.”

If we can keep wind erosion under control, maybe then we’d only have to worry about planning for death and taxes, and finding where our trampolines are nesting.

There is frustration statewide that in such a wet year there are water curtailments called. It’s also understandable that when water is at issue, it will be controversial. Here's a look at the methodology used to make the water calls.

Today's water issues and upcoming opportunities to water rights are discussed with IWUA Executive Director Paul Arrington.

People sometimes romanticize rural life – because they don’t live it.