Vic Smith grew up in southern Colorado, the son of a lawyer without ever considering agriculture as a career. He hung around the towns of Alamosa and San Luis enjoying a normal childhood and then went to the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied economics and business law. His father was a practicing ...
Growers up and down the state were celebrating an abundance of rainy days during the first two weeks in December, which had many people hoping the end of the three-year drought was near. Even the chief hydrologist for the California Department of Water Resources, Maury Roos, was quoted on Monday, Dec. 15, that he was ...
Seed industry representatives are urging California growers to get their cucurbits seed certified as free of the Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) before planting because of several outbreaks that have occurred over the past two seasons. Ric Dunkle, senior director of seed health and trade for the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), told WG&S ...
(Editor’s Note: The questions and answers have been paraphrased for clarity and brevity.) Where did you grow up and what were some of the key elements of your youth? Our house burned down when I was three and I do remember that. I grew up in Visalia where my dad was a teacher and ...