Chris Wooley, North America Marketing Director with Agriphar Crop Solutions, discusses two products for California crops – one that fights Asian citrus psyllid in citrus, and one that fights pests…
Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors
…large amount of acreage and bulldoze crops, which would have generated jobs, created value-added food products that stimulate significant economic activity for the county and region, as well as a…
Tomatoes on Drip Might Need Added Potassium
Experts are seeing a need to add potassium to some tomato crops that are being drip irrigated. Might Need Added Potassium Researchers are seeing low potassium numbers from soils in…
Almond Board of California Leadership Program Begins Seventh Year
…the fall, and seminars on marketing, nutrition, technical and regulatory affairs and production and environmental issues throughout the year. Participants are required to job-shadow a volunteer mentor from within the…
Export Training Course Comes to CDFA
…Development, are the organizers of the training program. “As incomes rise in foreign markets, California’s specialty crops are increasingly in demand among the world’s consumers. We are seeing a lot…
Devastating Citrus Greening Disease Targeted by USDA Grants
…U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative, will be used to develop non-transgenic techniques that either kill Asian citrus psyllids or prevent the tiny insects from spreading the disease…
Vineyard Team Celebrating 20 Years
…applicable for decision makers of a variety of crops, the Expo presents educational programs for Spanish speaking employees. Through support from Pacific Gas and Electric Company, water related sessions will…
Western View: Sustainable Agriculture
…family farmer wants. It’s creating a home that is also a safe and healthful workplace, and producing crops in a way that not only turns a profit, year after year,…
Atwater FFA Charters a Strong Showing at Arbuckle Field Day
…Emily McCartney (7th overall), Dillon Guillen, and Catalina Diaz leading the team. Other contestants included Kyle Yerrick and Breanna Marcelino. The Agronomy contest involves the study field crops and weeds…
Vilsack Announces $30 Million to Fight Citrus Disease
…well as national priorities for CDRE. These priorities, recommended by the Citrus Disease Subcommittee, fall within four categories: 1) priorities that deal with the pathogen; 2) those that deal with…
Free Bird-Friendly Farming Workshops
…Joaquin River Delta to support additional crops. The program is available in the following counties: Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo, Butte, Sutter, Colusa, Glenn, Placer and Yuba. Interested…
California’s Diversity Reflected In Pesticide Outreach
…of Hmong farmers in the U.S., who grow specialty crops like daikon, long beans lemongrass and sugar cane. Michael Yang, the Small Farms and Specialty Crops Hmong Agricultural Assistant for…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…some farmers fallowed rice ground last year “so we would have a little more water to go around,” he doesn’t have that option with a permanent crop such as walnuts….
UC Studies Outline Costs of Tomato Irrigation Systems
…and other agricultural associates. Assumptions used to identify current costs for individual crops, material inputs, cash and non-cash overhead are described. A ranging analysis table shows profits over a range…