Training aims at preventing heat illness in farmworkers
Sergio Parra, labor management consultant for Farm Employers Labor Service, or FELS, distributes heat illness prevention kits to Central Valley farmworkers. Photo/Anna Genasci
Advocacy in Action: Dairy, water, wolves and trade
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Vineyard adaptation to heat an economic balancing act
Using cabernet sauvignon production in Napa County as a case study, new research findings concluded no single right answer for how winegrape growers should contend with severe heat. Ag Alert file photo
Wage-and-hour questions from the field
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Owl study assesses rat management in nut orchards
Nestlings spend about two months in the owl box before they’re ready to try their wings. As many as a half dozen owlets typically fill a box, and they eat up to four to five rodents daily. Photo/Laura Montenegro Echavez
Irrigation can’t shield tomatoes from extreme heat
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New DWR director discusses water resiliency plans
California Department of Water Resources Director Thomas Gibson speaks at the California Water Plan advisory committee meetings in Los Angeles last month. Photo/Courtesy of California Department of Water Resources
El Niño increases chances of winter storms and floods
This aerial view shows submerged farm fields caused by floodwaters from the Pajaro River in Monterey County after a levee breach in March 2023. Photo/Odin Abbott/California Department of Water Resources
Everyone wins when farms invest in their employees
An employee of Knights Landing-based River Garden Farms, left, engages with English instructor Cece Drissia during an AgHiRE workshop at the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland. Photo/Joan Cusick