…Cooperative Extension and the California Pear Advisory Board. The field day is planned for Tuesday, October 22 from 10 am to noon at Shadowbrook Farms in Mendocino County. This year’s…
CDFA Meeting to Focus on Ag Research
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will focus on agricultural research needs at its meeting next Tuesday, October 8th in Sacramento. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
YSFB Supports Ordinance to Restrict Marijuana Cultivation
…f Supervisors unanimously passed the first reading of the ordinance at their September meeting. With the necessary votes, the ordinance will be adopted at the October 22 board meeting. “We…
‘Celebrate Agriculture with the Arts’ Show in Madera Honors Agriculture
The Circle Gallery in Madera is holding an art exhibit honoring agriculture from October 2 to November 16. The juried show is a competition for area artists with $5000 in…
Fall Citrus Meeting
…4 Creeks Incorporated talking about proposed Regional Water Quality Control Board General Order Requirements. The meeting is next Thursday, October 3, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Tulare County…
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Webcast October 11
The annual Citrus Crop Forecast from USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) will be broadcast live at 9:00 a.m. (PDT) Friday, October 11 on this website, www.AgNetWest.com, for growers in…
Water Meetings Scheduled
…Water Quality Coalition. Meetings are scheduled for Modesto on October 10, Rancho Cordova on October 16, Colusa on October 21, and Fresno on October 28. For more information, click here….
CA Farm Bureau On Water Shortage
…come in October. “We’ve got to make sure we manage what we’ve got left so we get those crops out of the ground,” Addington said. “This is one of the…
Restrictions Lifted for Asian Citrus Psyllid in Tulare
…citrus psyllid (ACP) in the Lindsay/Strathmore and Terra Bella areas in October and November 2012. Click to open or download audio report The restrictions were enforced in two zones totaling…
Another Review for USDA Reports
…Joe Prusacki with the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says his agency will take a fresh look at the report situation for the next fiscal year, which starts October first….
Beetle Causes Problems for Citrus Exports
…South Korea. The beetle is a quarantined pest there, and now that county’s government is stepping up their quarantine action. As AgNet West reported back in October, South Korean officials…
Orange Production Drops, But Not in CA
…nation is now down 4% from their original forecast in October. The original forecast was for 215 million boxes, and is now down to 207 million boxes. The forecast is…
CA Specialty Crop Block Grant Workshops
SCHEDULE SET FOR 2013 SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM WORKSHOPS Workshops to be held in Monterey, Los Angeles, Imperial, Fresno, Tulare, Lake, & Yolo County SACRAMENTO, October 11, 2012 –…
U.S. – Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
Statement of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on U.S. – Panama Trade Promotion Agreement WASHINGTON, October 22, 2012- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the U.S. –…