Agriculture

Merced College leaders, educators and regional supporters are celebrating the start of construction for a highly anticipated AgTEC Innovation Center — a $22 million cutting-edge facility to revolutionize agricultural education and workforce development in the Central Valley. Touted as the first of its kind at a community college in…

Lena Xiong-Perez is a 28-year-old farmer with a message and a means to spread it. Her family business, Humble Rice Farmer, has quickly amassed…

Merced College supporters and government leaders joined in with educators to break ground Wednesday on the 29,000-square-foot Raj Kahlon Agriculture…

My name is Alissa Kuhr, and I am so excited to represent California as I was recently named the 2021 California Little Miss United States Agriculture. The Miss United States Agriculture Program is an organization for women of all ages who have a passion for agriculture and who have an interest in educating and advocating for the…

By LYNDA BROMMAGE What better way to spend a Saturday morning and early afternoon than paying a visit to the Merced Certified Farmers’ Market. Even if…

A small bee garden grows and thrives down the south side of Merced. It’s a little miracle of nature thanks to Jessica Gonzalez, the garden’s…

The exhibition of livestock has long been a part of the Merced County Fair tradition and a real sense of pride in the community! By participating in these events 4-H, FFA and Independent students not only have the opportunity to showcase and sell their animal projects, they also learn responsibility and gain agribusiness experience.…

Maas Energy Works (MEW), based in Redding is leading clusters of dairies in Merced and Denair in installation of “Dairy Digester” systems. The purpose is…

When Raj Kahlon was a young boy he had dreams of one day. becoming a farmer, even though his father was a businessman. Little did he know, his humble…

By ALEX GUEORGUIEVA Farts. Sure, they smell bad and are unpleasant to be around, but no one would go as far as to call them deadly, right? Wrong. Livestock, cattle in particular, largely contributes to increased levels of methane emissions in today’s atmosphere. Cattle waste and digestion (farting and burping more specifically)…