For the week ending Sept. 1, 2012. Small grains, other field crops: Alfalfa continues to be cut, dried, and bailed. Silage corn and black-eyed beans are growing well with the late summer weather. Cotton fields are showing little bloom as some bolls begin to open. Some field corn is beginning to dry in preparation for […]

Visalia Chamber offers free seminars to help businesses The Chamber’s highly successful Lunch Bytes and Business Advantage workshop series continues this September as business professionals gain practical knowledge during the lunch hour. The Lunch Bytes seminars focus on technology for busy professionals while the Business Advantage workshops are designed to help small businesses in particular […]

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has denied a request for an emergency hearing to consider temporarily raising the price of milk paid to California dairy farmers and other changes to the state milk pricing formula. Citing the financial plight of dairy farmers and current escalating feed prices, Western United Dairymen petitioned the hearing […]

Proteus, Inc. has been awarded a grant by La Cooperativa, through funding from the State’s Employment Development Department, to provide solar photovoltaic training to dislocated agriculture workers in Tulare, Kings, and Fresno Counties.  The funding will allow Proteus’s William M. Maguy School of Education the opportunity to train up to 109 agriculture industry customers in […]

For the week ending Aug. 25, 2012. Small grains and other field crops: Alfalfa continues to be dried and bailed; most growers are on their fourth cut. Cotton fields are still in bloom. Silage corn is putting on height with the recent heat wave, and some silage is being harvested. Black-eyed beans are maturing nicely […]

Visalia Community Bank has announced the deadline to submit historic photographs for its annual calendar contest. Tulare County residents have until Thursday, Sept. 14, to submit entries. Twelve historical photographs will be selected to showcase in Visalia Community Bank’s 2013 Community Calendar. Photographs should depict Tulare County between 1850 and 1965 (family portraits excluded). The […]

Joel Enciso has found a cure for two of Lindsay’s biggest problems – ice cream. With record summer temperatures and the rising number of obese children, Enciso offers local children a solution for both with his 100%, all-natural fruit flavored ice cream. Enciso opened his Helados Jalisco ice cream shop in March after moving from […]

BBB is alerting consumers of a phone scam in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft. In an effort to gain remote control access to the victim’s computer, the caller offers to solve the consumer’s computer problems or sell them a license for software. Once cybercriminals have gained a victim’s trust, they can do […]

Starting a business is no small endeavor, with financial, organizational and marketing challenges thrown at entrepreneurs from the get-go. Those challenges can be even greater for Hispanic business owners who often face a lack of necessary resources. The number of U.S. businesses owned by Hispanics increased to 2.3 million between 2002 and 2007, according to […]

For the week ending August 18, 2012. Small grains and other field crops: Alfalfa continues to be dried and bailed; most growers are on their fourth cutting. Cotton fields are still in bloom, bolls show good development. Some silage corn fields have reached maturity and are being harvested. Cotton, corn, and bean fields continue to […]