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By the Numbers
Extraordinary events that California farmers, ranchers and agricultural communities faced in 2023 underscored what the more than 26,000 members of the California Farm Bureau already knew: Our farmers and ranchers will rise to any challenge to produce the food and fiber that America needs, even as those challenges may change dramatically.
Farm Bureau fought for our agricultural communities and way of life, while providing our members with our full range of services in 2023. These numbers tell the story.
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Lisa Tate, a fifth-generation grower in Santa Paula, said she knew something was amiss in a block of young avocado trees planted on her family’s ranch. She had a hunch that too much water was sitting in the root zone after a second year of above-average rainfall. It was still spring, and her crew suggested it was time to irrigate. But Tate was proven right, thanks to readings from a soil-moisture sensor. As a result, her young trees didn’t get watered again until June.
Learn moreCalifornia farmers’ use of higher-risk pesticides, which protect crops against damage from pest populations and disease outbreaks, is on the decline, a new study shows. The state’s agricultural pesticide use dropped in both pounds applied and acres treated between 2021 and 2022, with the 5% overall decline reflecting a decade-long trend, according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s annual pesticide use report this month.
Learn moreAs summer approaches, chef Rich Mead can count on multiple diners at his Corona Del Mar restaurant asking, “When are you going to have the peach pizza?” They’re talking about the prosciutto and peach pizza with pesto, mozzarella and fontina cheese, one of the most anticipated seasonal dishes at Farmhouse at Roger’s Gardens, Mead’s outdoor restaurant at the back of a 7-acre nursery.
Learn moreA vineyard is in every glass of wine you drink. So, too, are a thousand decisions that result in wines showing not only the character of the vineyard but the people who create them. What to plant where in the vineyard, when to pick and how to barrel and age the wine all contribute and reflect the preferences of the winery owner and the winemaker tasked with interpreting that vision.
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