…to unseasonably cold day or heavy rainstorm and won’t disappoint. Peas Lettuce Radishes Carrots Potatoes Green beans Cherry Tomatoes Cucumbers Strawberries & basil All of these are great first time…
Food Waste Resonates Beyond the Trash Bin
…strawberries collected by collaborators. The small, highly aromatic berries (left) are from plants collected in Alberta, Canada. The larger berries are from a type collected in Alaska that may prove…
More California Reactions to Chinese Tariffs
…export value). The list includes wine, walnuts, pistachios, table grapes, oranges, strawberries, raisins, lemons and dried plums. Bt the Almond Alliance of California The Almond Alliance of California (AAC) is…
Sprucing Up the Garden Fence
…could be any variety of greens, strawberries and culinary herbs. You can create them by using many different repurposed items such as old guttering, abandoned plant pots, cloth pouches, or…
Right Time to Plant for Summer Veggies
…perennial producers, your best bets are raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries along with other berry varieties. Stay tuned… we will have autumn and winter vegetable gardening and harvesting tips to…
Full 2016 Crop Year Report, Including Ag Exports
…— $5.58 billion Almonds — $5.16 billion Cattle and Calves — $2.53 billion Lettuce — $1.96 billion Strawberries — $1.83 billion Pistachios — $1.5 billion Tomatoes — $1.33 billion Walnuts…
California Vegetables More Than Half of U.S. Total
Get your foodie passport ready to tour scrumptious California veggie country! With over 970 thousand acres of harvested vegetables, melons, and strawberries, the just released USDA NASS Vegetables 2017 Summary…
Thomas Fire: First Estimate of Agricultural Losses Tops $171 Million
…totaling $4.6 million; miscellaneous fruit, $1.4 million; nursery crops, $1.4 million; strawberries, $486,416; rangeland, $480,000; apiaries, $139,500; hay and grain, $129,345; cattle, $125,000; cut flowers, $61,966; and raspberries, $55,420. The…
USDA Research to Support Environmentally-Friendly Pesticides, Reduction of Methyl Bromide
…a North Carolina State University project that assembled an interdisciplinary and inter-state team to provide alternatives to methyl bromide for managing pests when growing peppers, tomatoes, and strawberries in the…
Mexico Says U.S. Proposals Would Threaten Free Ag Trade
…He says America wants to establish conditions saying that when Georgia produces strawberries, Mexico either won’t be able to export strawberries to the U.S. or would only be allowed to…
Entomologist Frank Zalom Delivers 2017 ARS B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture at ASHS Conference
…common goal of industrywide improvements in pest and pesticide management for individual crops such as almonds, tomatoes, strawberries, grapes, and olives. IPM benefits most from a transdisciplinary approach to developing…
2016 Sales of U.S. Certified Organic Agricultural Production Up
…percent Apples – $327 million, up 8 percent Lettuce – $277 million, up 6 percent Other top organic crops were strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, hay, spinach, and mushrooms. NASS…
Disease Resistant Strawberry Research Gets Funding Boost
…Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve the disease resistance and sustainable production of strawberries throughout the nation. The collaborative grant is good news for strawberry…
Grow Veggies Differently-Hydroponics
…include Eggplant, Lettuce, Peas, Peppers, Spinach, Tomatoes, Fruit, and Strawberries. On tomorrow’s This Land, a closer look at advantages and disadvantages of using Hydroponics, and why we shouldn’t do away…