Weekend Cold Temperatures Appear Positive for Central Valley Citrus Crop Temperatures dipped under 30 degrees over this holiday weekend throughout the Central Valley. For orange growers, the colder temperatures were …
Agri View: The Weathervane
The Farmers Forecaster. The weathervane. At one time every farm had a weathervane. They are rare today. Farmers now turn to the television, radio, cell phone or the computer. Everett …
Agri View: El Niño, Maybe
By now most of us know the difference in La Niña and El Niño. Everett Griner talks about California possibly benefiting from El Niño in today’s Agri View. El Niño …
USDA Week In Review November 6
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review: El Niño brings the rain, the …
Wet Weather Considerations for New Orchards
Challenges for California almond growers with a possible wet winter are a little different when establishing new orchards. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Let’s …
The Western View: An El Nino Winter
It’s finally fall, and it’s late but coming on strong. The first taste of winter didn’t knock politely; it kicked down the door by shutting down two major highways. Sponsored …
Much Needed Rain for So Cal and the Southwest?
An incoming system could provide drought plagued and wildfire prone Southern California and the Desert Southwest significant precipitation. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Let’s …
Water Lost in Storm Runoff Substantial
It’s hard to estimate how much water winter flooding of ag land could add to aquifers, but the amount of storm water lost during those months is staggering. Sponsored ContentCIR …
El Nino and Drought Could Deliver a One-Two Punch to Unprotected Soils
Plowing and shaping fields in the fall is common practice in many parts of California, but the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is recommending a different strategy this year. Sponsored …
More Crops To Be Tested for Winter Flooding
The University of California Davis (UC Davis) project that is flooding ag land during the winter months is planning on testing more crops in the future. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
Winter Flooding Project To Test Almonds
Almonds are the next crop researchers will focus on to see if orchards can handle winter flooding that will help replenish underground aquifers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR …
High Hull Rot in Almonds
Experts saw a lot of hull rot this season in almond orchards, an issue that always has the possibility of flaring up with spores everywhere in the environment. Sponsored ContentCIR …
El Nino Preparations Workshop
A workshop tomorrow, September 29, will help growers prepare for the possibility of wet weather from El Nino conditions. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, …
El Nino Could Help Winter Chill
Trees are seeing the effects of insufficient chilling hours over the last two years and a wet winter could help that problem. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026CIR Agriculture …