Citrus Industry This Week: HLB Research Updates

Tacy CalliesCitrus

Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes updates on research projects involving the creation of psyllids that don’t spread HLB and high-density citrus plantings grown in screenhouses. Want to…

Sending farmers to Mars

Taylor HillmanFeatures, General, Western View

…and they will need to be exceptionally efficient. The soil will be very costly as it is shipped in from Earth, and they will have precious little water to grow…

California Ag Day is Coming! Mark Your Calendars!

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…and understanding of the importance of soil for food security and essential ecosystem functions.” Ag Day goes on rain or shine, and California’s soil is thirsty – so if it…

USDA Invests $18 Million to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

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…an investment in our future”. The grant announcement was made at Recirculating Farms Coalition in New Orleans. Recirculating Farms received a BFRDP grant to develop training sessions focusing on soil-based…

USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…USDA is also soliciting proposals for projects to stimulate natural resource improvements, including, but not limited to, improvements in water quantity, soil health, and wildlife habitat. Applications from this funding…

Use of Fumigant to Face Additional State Restrictions

Taylor HillmanGeneral

New restrictions for the soil fumigation uses of chloropicrin have been issued by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, despite scientific data provided by the agricultural sector that restrictions already…