…to California, potato growers rely on traditional standard varieties. The Kern County potato variety trial allows out of state ideas to be tested in a California environment. Texas A&M Professor…
AgNeTVideo: Bee Training
Fresno County Agriculture Commissioner Les Wright and Madera County Agriculture Commissioner Stevie McNeill discuss training on handling bees for apiary inspectors….
Southern Blight Concerns in Kern County
The hot temperatures are aiding an already growing problem with southern blight in the central valley. AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman has the story. Southern Blight Concerns in Kern County University…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expands
…the previously announced quarantine areas in Tulare County. In addition to quarantines in portions of Tulare, Fresno, Kern, and San Luis Obispo counties, ACP entire- county quarantines remain in place…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
…1:00 to 3:00 p.m. County of Ventura UC Cooperative Extension 669 County Square Dr. California Conference Rooms A & B Ventura, CA 93003 Tulare – June 26, 2014 1:00 to…
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
…Drought Task Force Kicks Off Meetings UCCE Kern County Farm Advisor Joe Nunez say this yearly event allows breeders to come see how their seeds grow in Kern County. California…
FSA County Committee Nomination Period Opens Sunday, June 15
The election of responsible agricultural producers to FSA county committees is important to ALL farmers and ranchers with large or small operations. It is crucial that every eligible producer take…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…are for dust control. One is in Madera County, and one is in the Klamath area. Some EWP drought funds are still available in state,” he noted. “In addition to…
Santa Cruz County Crop Report
…in Santa Cruz Co. Santa Cruz County has released its latest crop report, and it shows that organic production is on the rise in the county. For 2013, there were…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…away the most difficult year they have ever seen in our business.” A backhoe removes a 12-year-old Valencia orange tree at a Kern County grove owned by John Gless, left….
Weekly Crop Update
…Counties, the harvest continued for radishes, broccoli, onions, garlic and other vegetables to be sold at farmer’s markets. In Imperial County the harvest continues for sweet corn, melons, and watermelon….
Proposed Expansion of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary
For Torrance area, Los Angeles County. Effective June 10, 2014, the Department is expanding the Los Angeles County Quarantine Boundary for Grids 469 and 470. A map of the proposed…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…northwest of the community of Ivanhoe in Tulare County. This brings the total quarantine area in Tulare County to 856 square miles. The new quarantine zone measures 110 square miles…