Tag: Ag

Foster Farms is holding “on-the-spot” interviews for their busy season today. As Turlockers brace themselves for the upcoming holiday season, businesses ...

Two competing farmers’ market road closures requests put the City of Turlock in an awkward position. The Golden State Farmers’ ...

Authorities are calling for a quarantine on citrus plants due to a bug that carries a tree-killing disease being found ...

Turlock’s representative in the California State Senate, Senator Tom Berryhill (R-Twain Harte), recently requested that Governor Jerry Brown and the ...

As campus and community volunteers prepare for the second annual One Purpose campaign at California State University, Stanislaus, a local ...

City of Turlock employees and Mayor Gary Soiseth joined students from Brown Elementary School’s ASES After School program to plant ...

Residents of the City of Turlock took big steps to reduce water usage in 2014, dropping usage down to levels ...

Turlock Unified School District educational farm is finally moving forward, after purchasing land for the project in April of 2013, ...

Fifteen students from Pitman High School FFA and a handful of guests attended the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky ...

It’s that time of year again to pick up a delicious chicken BBQ dinner from Neto’s to support the Turlock ...

Turlock High School FFA Agricultural Welding students recently returned from the California State Fair in Sacramento with a strong showing. Austin ...

Thanks to some much-needed rain, the Turlock Irrigation District will once again delay the start of irrigation season. “We have decided ...

The Turlock Chamber of Commerce Ag Committee hosted the 14th Annual Ag Scholarship Luncheon on Monday at the Stanislaus County ...

The Stanislaus County Fair has announced deadlines to sign up to compete in the Independent Junior Livestock category. Entry deadlines for ...

Packed with vitamin E, protein, magnesium, heart-healthy fiber and a tasty crunch, there is plenty to love about almonds. Turlock’s ...

The 2014 Farm Bill was signed into law Friday morning, representing the most significant farm policy reform in U.S. history. ...

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc., announced plans Thursday morning to build a milk powder processing facility in Turlock, the company's third ...

Score another win for the good guys! A local hardware store has donated thousands of dollars of equipment to Turlock ...

The Turlock High School Agricultural Education Department was the victim of yet another theft over the holiday break.

Gemperle Farms of Turlock has donated 30,000 eggs for local Christmas baskets, feeding the needy through various organizations like Turlock ...

Rack up a massive win in Turlock for the good guys! Within just a matter of days, the Turlock community ...

The Turlock High School Agricultural Education Department was recently the victim of its third theft this school year. This theft ...

With two months of the 2013-2014 water year in the books, rainfall is failing to keep up with historical averages. ...

The Turlock Irrigation District took the wraps off of its proposed 2014 budget Tuesday, projecting essentially flat spending and no ...

For 22 years, the Turlock Irrigation District has engaged in a cloud seeding program to maximize winter rainfall – and ...

U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) will represent Turlock's interests in hammering out the final version of this year's farm bill, ...

It's official: the 2013 Turlock Irrigation District season has come to an end. The shutdown started at 4 p.m. last ...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is ordering Foster Farms to clean up its act ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a public health alert Monday, after Salmonella found in Foster Farms chicken has led ...

Waiting for a sign that fall is finally here – other than the omnipresent pumpkin spice lattes, of course? Turlock's ...

Though some farmers have requested an extension, the Turlock Irrigation District is moving forward with plans to end the 2013 ...

A past Turlock Irrigation District water distribution operator and current candidate for the TID board says the district is wasting ...

The Rim Fire has severely burned soil in about 12 percent of the Turlock Irrigation District watershed, reducing or eliminating ...

The California legislature has passed a joint resolution backed by Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R-Riverbank), urging the U.S. Congress to eliminate ...

Turlock High School Agriculture Department Chair and teacher Chad Russell has received the Modesto Chamber of Commerce 2013 Excellence in ...

With just one month remaining until the end of the Turlock Irrigation District's 2013 irrigation season, growers shouldn't expect any ...

Another light agenda awaits the Turlock Irrigation District Board of Directors on Tuesday. TID board meetings should pick up steam ...

The Turlock Irrigation District may spend $2 million to prepare an Integrated Water Resources Plan, which would examine all aspects ...

A Turlock Irrigation District policy meant to benefit water-starved farmers may lead to wasted water, TID growers say. On July ...

After a packed agenda a week ago, the Turlock Irrigation District Board of Directors will undertake an extremely light agenda ...

A large marijuana grow, hidden amongst 1,200 acres of almond trees near Denair, was busted by Stanislaus County Sheriff's Deputies ...

The Turlock Irrigation District will not execute an agreement to purchase irrigation water from the Modesto Irrigation District, TID staff ...

Despite an exceptionally dry winter, even more water could be made available to Turlock Irrigation District customers.

The Turlock Irrigation District enacted a sweeping set of new penalties for irrigation water thieves earlier this month, but it ...

A hay barn has been reported to have caught fire on S. Moffett Road, between W. Bradbury and W. Harding ...

Blue Diamond Growers opened the doors of its state-of-the-art Turlock almond processing facility on Tuesday, bringing hundreds of jobs to ...

Facing down a limited water supply, two consecutive critically dry years, and farmers' complaints of dying crops, Turlock Irrigation District ...

Though an extraordinarily dry year has left Turlock Irrigation District reservoirs well below expected levels, on Tuesday TID Directors will ...

Farmers say a State Water Resources Control Board proposal to send vast quantities of water down local rivers, reducing available ...

In a battle between fish and farmers for Tuolumne River water, the Turlock Irrigation District believes it has science on ...

The Turlock Irrigation District's irrigation season is off to a quick start, with growers ordering 11,000 more acre-feet of water ...

The Turlock Chamber of Commerce has provided financial help for local college-bound students interested in agriculture-related studies since 2001. Since ...

When the Turlock Irrigation District's 2013 irrigation season kicked-off last week, it came with a flood – both of water, ...

The Stanislaus County Fair has released the deadlines for the Independent Junior Livestock for 2013. The deadlines are as follows ...

Going into its 13th year with over $151,000 awards in student scholarships, the Turlock Chamber of Commerce Ag Luncheon provides ...

It’s time again for Turlock FFA’s annual drive thru chicken BBQ. The proceeds of this fundraiser will go to toward ...

It’s time again for Turlock FFA’s annual drive thru chicken BBQ. The proceeds of this fundraiser will go to toward ...

The possibility to change a previous Turlock City Council’s decision of the General Plan Update preferred growth plans, that includes ...

The irrigation season was extended by the Turlock Irrigation District Board of Directors at Tuesday’s Board meeting.

It’s time again for Turlock FFA’s annual drive thru chicken BBQ.  The proceeds of this fundraiser will go to toward ...

SACRAMENTO — California’s struggling dairy farmers will receive a temporary adjustment in the minimum price of milk, the Department of ...

THE TURLOCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMITTEE GEARS UP FOR 9TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON.