Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Centered on the Gospel: Visiting the Cross: Jesus’ Crucifixion

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice This month flocks of Christians will crowd together in churches around the world. From...
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Malthusian Trap – Government Style?

KCFB Executive Director’s Report By Romeo Agbalog, Executive Director, Kern County Farm Bureau  In the 18th century, economist Thomas Robert Malthus proposed a...
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KCFB: Young Farmers & Ranchers

By Timothy Collins, Chair, KC Young Farmers & Ranchers Timothy Collins Chair, Kern County Young Farmers & Ranchers The Young Farmers and Ranchers started...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: Politics Aside, Is it Effective?

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice OPINION: Judicious businesses are regularly evaluating whether the things they are spending time and...

A Century in Produce: Giumarra Companies

Audrey Hill, Valley Ag Voice The year was 1922 when the Giumarra Companies began. Since their start at the Los Angeles Union...
National Ag Day

2022 National Ag Day Agriculture Council of America Announces 2022 National Ag Day Date...

Press release provide by the Agriculture Council of America The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) will host National Agriculture Day on March...
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Trustee Jeff Flores Highlights High School District Priorities

By Jeff Flores, Kern High School District Trustee  Serving as a Kern High Trustee is a responsibility I take seriously. The lives...
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Centered On The Gospel: For What Reason?

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice “ut in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to...
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Sustainable Kern River Coalition

By Melissa A. Nagel, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag  Voice The fight for water in Kern County is a long-standing one that traces...
Lindsey Mebane

Profiles in Ag: Lindsey Mebane

By Audrey Hill, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Growing up a fifth-generation cattle rancher on her family’s cow calf operation in San...
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KCFB President’s Message: Engagement is Vital

By Patty Poire, President, Kern County Farm Bureau Here we are, already in February 2022, and at the time that I am...
Christine Johnson, Kelley Higgins, Amy Mebane, Tim Collins, Katie Verhoef, and Emily Lopez.

KCFB: Young Farmers & Ranchers

By Timothy Collins, Chair, KC Young Farmers & Ranchers Timothy Collins Chair, Kern County Young Farmers & Ranchers The world is a busy place...
Billy Barnes

RENEGADE ROUND-UP: Bakersfield College Animal Science Institute Naming Honors Memory of Professor and “Pork...

By Cheryl Scott, BC Foundation Executive Director Cheryl Scott BC Foundation Executive Director The memory of Billy Barnes, beloved Professor of Animal Science and former...
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The Pomegranate: Fruit of Myth and Legend

By Mike McCoy, Executive Director, Kern County Museum Mike McCoy Executive Director, Kern County Museum One of the oldest cultivated fruits in the world,...
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The Cattleman’s Corner: Ranch Magnetism

By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice Austin Snedden Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice There are folks that have an unavoidable magnetism, or...

Holloway Commemorates 90th Anniversary by Discing a Giant 90 at its Lost Hills Mine

By Brian Milne, Holloway, Vice President of Marketing LOST HILLS, Calif. – Since 1932, Holloway has been a household name in Central...
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Fauna Friends: Sophia & Gabriella Camou

Sophia CamouGabriella CamouSophia, age 14, has been showing for 5 years. Sophia has shown market goats, sheep, and Pygmy goats. Daily chores...
Kern River

Kern County Water Agency Declares Water Supply Emergency

Press Release Provided by the Kern County Water Agency On December 15th, the Kern County Water Agency (Agency) declared a Water Supply...
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How Do We Know Scripture to be Inerrant?

By Joshua Stevens, Faith Contributor, Valley Ag Voice In many churches’ core doctrines, one may find a section titled “Authority of Scripture”...
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Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day By Andrea Wright The roots of Valentine’s Day date back to the year 496, when Pope Gelasius, proclaimed that February 14th...

Morning Star Ministry Hosted Their 6th Annual Pheasant Hunt

By Valley Ag Voice Staff It was a brisk and cool December morning when Morning Star Fresh Food Ministries hosted their Annual...
Kern County Farm Bureau members at the Young Farmers and Ranchers State Conference

Young Farmers & Ranchers

By Timothy Collins, Chair, Kern County Young Farmers & Ranchers Timothy Collins Chair, Kern County Young Farmers & Ranchers Making it Possible. That was...
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RENEGADE ROUND-UP: Grow It, Cook It, Love It!

The Edible Education Garden at Bakersfield College By Lindsay Ono, Associate Professor of Environmental Horticulture, BC They say it takes a village to...
Tim and Jenny Holtermann

Agriculturalists From Kern and Sonoma Counties Win Young Farmers & Ranchers Awards

Press Release Provided by California Farm Bureau Federation A Kern County couple who has expanded their almond business to include direct-to-consumer sales...
Cattle graze the land at Hearst Ranch in San Simeon

Ranch-to-customer Market Boosts Hearst Ranch Beef

By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation Christine Souza Assistant Editor, Ag Alert Just off Highway 1,...
Debbie Jacobsen

Fresno County Farmer Debbie Jacobsen Honored for Distinguished Service

Press Release Provided by California Farm Bureau Federation Debbie Jacobsen, a third-generation farmer who became the first-ever female president of the Fresno...