…central database, which EPA did three years ago and then gave that information to environmental groups through Freedom of Information Act requests. The panel said the EPA’s extensive data collection…
September Crop Production Report
…on an objective measurement survey conducted in California’s Central Valley from July 9 to September 1. The objective survey measurements indicated that fruit set and the average fruit size were…
Proposals for Delta Habitat Restoration
…salmon and Central Valley steelhead. Projects to fulfill these obligations also could help meet DWR’s restoration responsibilities under the California Endangered Species Act. These projects will advance California EcoRestore, a…
CA Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report
…forecast, 81.0 million cartons are estimated to be in the Central Valley. This forecast is based on the results of the 2016-17 Navel Orange Objective Measurement (O.M.) Survey, which was…
California to Receive About $6 Million from USDA Grant Program
…to improve water use efficiency and nutrient application uniformity American Rivers – $498,888 for “pay-for-success” conservation programs in the Central Valley The Nature Conservancy – $169,716 for an “impact investing”…
Project Aids Food Supply for Delta Smelt
…Sacramento River last week to discuss their work to increase the number of plankton available to the fish. Cooperative efforts by state and federal agencies, Sacramento Valley farmers and water…
Transplanting System Saving Labor, Increasing Yields
A company continues to test its automated lettuce transplanting system on the Central Coast. The Plant Tape system takes a lot of labor out of the transplanting process and company…
Island Coffee Crop Acreage Down
…the drop in acreage. The coffee berry borer is a native of Central Africa, but is now found throughout nearly all coffee-producing countries in the world. There are some good…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 CA Drought for Ag
…precipitation north of the Delta, replenishing some groundwater, and drier than average conditions to the southern Central Valley and southern California. The historical pattern of increasing water exports from the…
Delta Smelt Strategy Shows Promising Results
…bloom in the plankton that nourish these imperiled fish. State and federal leaders were joined today by Sacramento Valley farmers and water providers along the banks of the Yolo Bypass…
Fruits & Nuts Review
…completed by mid-month. The avocado harvest continued despite heat causing some fruit to drop. Fig growers continued preparations for harvest of a second crop. Wine grapes in the Central Valley…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…of a biomass power plant. “When the Covanta contract at the facility in Delano expired in 2015, the Central Valley lost the last major source for co-gen for biomass,” he…
Pro Farmer Releases Crop Tour Results
…the May 15 frost and three weeks of heat in late June/early July. Nebraska: 179 bu. per acre. We found irrigated corn disappointing in the Husker state. South-central and southeastern…
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
…at three San Joaquin Valley locations last week sought to determine the actions growers and packers will take to stop the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid into the state’s…