…eighty-five percent good-to-excellent. Rice fields continued to progress with nearly two-thirds of the crop headed by week’s end. In Imperial County, corn and silage corn matured and some fields were…
California Raisin Grape Objective Measurement Report
…to this year. FIELD SAMPLING ACTIVITIES Data were collected the first three weeks of July. A total of 314 raisin-type variety vineyards were sampled for the 2014 data. To read…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…field staff and stakeholders on implementing new eligibility requirements regarding the definition of rural housing. On May 5, RD published maps identifying which rural areas are eligible for housing programs….
Golden State Experience for NAFB
…to see local crops like artichokes, pick organic strawberries fresh from the field, taste organic wine and see how important California FFA is to our ag industry and communities. Atkinson,…
Possible Losses from Inefficient Irrigation
…field. Ag/H2O Founder and Owner Jim Anshutz says he is seeing under-efficient systems that cost the grower in energy use, water waste and yield loss. For example in nut crops,…
Disaster Assistance for 2012 Frost or Freeze Fruit Crop Losses Announced
…damage in 2012. NAP provides them with long-awaited disaster relief.” To expedite applications, producers who experienced losses are encouraged to collect records documenting these losses in preparation for the sign-up…
2014 Almond Crop Shows Increases
…by ABC, is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service – California Field Office (NASS/CFO). “This year’s objective forecast during a third-consecutive drought year…
USDA Makes $5 Million in Farm Bill Support for National Clean Plant Network Available
…nuclear/foundation stock, and for conducting diagnostics and different therapeutic treatments. These facilities develop clean or disease-free plant material to the nursery industry, enabling growers to establish healthy orchards/vineyards/field plantings. The…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…reference week. Field workers received an average of $11.01 per hour, an increase of 1 percent. Livestock workers earned $11.35 per hour, down 10 cents. The field and livestock worker…
Consumer Preference Affecting Potato Industry
…growers from all over North America came to the Kern County potato varietal field day in Bakersfield. Participants like Texas A&M Professor of Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Creighton Miller…
Testing New Potato Varieties
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Potatoes were the topic in Kern County at the University of California Cooperative Extension’s potato variety trial field day. AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman was there. State…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
…to combat HLB. The first project will commit approximately $2 million to field test antimicrobials that have shown promise in combating HLB in laboratory and greenhouse studies. The second HLB…
Pacific Region Crop Production Report
…a total production to 480,000 tons. Recent warm weather has been good for the wheat crop. Winter wheat for grain dried in preparation for harvest. Crop condition was rated 90…
CA Citrus Could Go Back to China
…third-largest export market for California citrus, South Korea and Japan being first and second. China has already agreed to some protocols in preparation for allowing California citrus back in. Citrus…