By Vicky Boyd Depressed wine markets, cool wet spring weather, a delayed harvest and inflationary price increases for crop inputs have prompted many county winegrape growers to do some soul

By Vicky Boyd A plan to develop nearly 1,600 acres of farmland south of Tracy into warehousing has drawn the ire of nearby rural residents and farmers. From water supply

By Anna Genasci, Stanislaus County Farm Bureau, Director of Education & Communication Here we are in the Central Valley enduring another set of 100-plus days. Now, I am not a

By Vicky Boyd Increasing interest rates, combined with rising crop input prices and often lower commodity prices, have conspired to put more pressure on many farmers’ bottom lines. Despite the

By Vicky Boyd While drones have made inroads into aerially mapping farm fields and even applying beneficial insects, they have yet to gain the same traction spraying pesticides and other

By Vicky Boyd Lodi-area vineyard manager Joe Valente has gone from skeptic to believer since he began working with Kingman Ag on a kit that converts conventional tractors into autonomous

By Vicky Boyd Although thermometers topped 100 degrees, San Joaquin Farm Bureau members, friends and family turned out in force to support Young Farmers & Ranchers at their recent Summer’s

By Craig W. Anderson The members of Lockeford Grange (No. 579) celebrated National Grange Month in April and the party’s still going on as the local members meet monthly for