…but looking like a squashed tomato, this variety is smaller, sweeter, and is edible while still firm. Availability, Selection, Storage, Preparation Persimmon Persimmons are widely available September through December, with…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
…cotton, tomato, onion and broccoli and comparing them with crops produced under furrow and drip irrigation. With all of them except tomato, overhead irrigation led to similar or increased yields,…
DIY Wine Rack
…or more tin cans. Try coffee or tomato cans – they’re the perfect size! Remove all labels. Remove all of the lids (tops and bottoms) using a can opener. You…
Foreign Fruits-Veggies
…encased in an unusual, lantern-like husk are part of the nightshade family and thus share a relation with the much more familiar tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. Since it has a…
The California Kitchen: Potato Parmesan White Bean Turkey Casserole
…2 Cup White New Potatoes 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese 1 Carrot, 1 Celery 1 Onion 1 Cup Roasted Tomatoes 2 Cup of Tomato Sauce 1 lb. Ground Turkey Salt/Pepper To…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…allocations “don’t have black-and-white implications” for tomato farmers, according to Mike Montna of the California Tomato Growers Association, who predicted plantings of processing tomatoes will decline 14 percent. A lot…
LBAM Quarantine Change
…berries (blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, and raspberry), corn, pepper, tomato, pumpkin, beans, cabbage, carrot, alfalfa, rose, camellia, pittosporum, jasmine, chrysanthemum, clover, lupine and plantain. Host List Life Cycle and Damage Development…
Sakata Seed Announces Contribution to UC Davis
…breeding tools and technology, training of over 170 plant breeders in the industry and extensive research on key crops such as brassicas, carrots, lettuce, melon, pepper and tomato. UC Davis…
What is GMO Food?
…modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its unsuccessful Flavr Savr delayed-ripening tomato. Most food modifications have primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
Of 12 crops examined in Yolo County, walnuts are most vulnerable, while processing tomatoes and alfalfa acreage may increase due to warmer winters. In an effort to forecast how climate…
CDFA Fertilization Guidelines for Irrigated Agriculture Expanded
…California. The recent additional recommendations are for plums, peaches and nectarines. Potato recommendations are coming soon. Additionally, FREP is pleased to announce that tomato, strawberry, and almond fertilization guidelines are…
Fresh Express $500,000 for Safety Research Campaign
…Fruit & Vegetable Association International Paper * Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce Castellini Group of Companies * Driscoll’s * Florida Tomato Committee * Freshway Foods Markon Cooperative, Inc. * McEntire…
UC Davis Hydrology Team Visits NRI Study Field
…with respect to soil water depletions, costs, carbon capture and soil improvement in a range of orchard and tomato production systems. A variety of data collection efforts are now underway…
The California Kitchen: Untamed Minestrone
…2 Individual Celery Stalks diced, 2 Carrots diced small 2 Cup Penne Pasta, 1 Clove Garlic diced Small, 2 Cup Tomato Sauce, 2 Cup Black Beans, 2 Cup Beef Stock,…