…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…
Psyllid Management Meetings Sought Industry Input
…additional detections of the Asian citrus psyllid in the San Joaquin Valley, the situations in Ventura are becoming greater and we have had additional huanglongbing finds in Los Angeles,” Nelson…
Delta Habitat Restoration Project Documents Released
…and Wildlife Service and 2009 National Marine Fisheries Service biological opinions for long-term coordinated operations of the State Water Project and the federal Central Valley Project. The proposed Prospect Island…
Resistance Still Focus for Spinach Varieties
…spinach breeding were highlighted recently at the Rijk Zwann research farm in the Salinas Valley. General manager for Rijk Zwaan, USA, Rick Falconer, said there’s still a big focus on…
Prospects Good for Record Almond Crop
…still operating in a “drought mode,” with 5 percent water allocation coming from the federal Central Valley Project. “We’re running well water that’s high in salts, and it’s taken a…
Environmental Impact Report Draft Released
…the term of its water supply contracts with 29 public agencies in northern California, the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, Central Coast and Southern California. The 29 agencies contract with…
Climate Smart Agriculture
…Netherlands and the University of California’s World Food Center addressing salinity in specialty crops within California’s Central Valley and along coastal areas. The webinar is now available online with included…
Agri View: Equipment Sharing Plan
…and fertilizing machines to maximum capacity in hopes of getting the most out of a million acres of central Iowa farmland planted mostly with corn and soy. The rest of…
Zika Virus Battle
…the San Joaquin Valley communities of Clovis and Madera. They have been now been detected in certain Fresno County neighborhoods, plus the Bay Area, and Southern California, according to the…
Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Report
…at the end of July were low throughout the San Joaquin Valley. As property owners begin to receive treatment waivers, many fallow fields will be disked or grazed. This reduction…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
…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 Sacramento-San…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…Avocado harvest was ongoing. Fig growers began preparations for harvest of the second crop. Wine grapes in the Central Valley approached veraison. Table grape harvest continued. Read the full report….
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…crop nitrogen demand and fertilization with irrigation methods. In collaboration with UC Cooperative Extension advisors, Wu is conducting field experiments on alfalfa in Imperial County, almonds in the Central Valley…
Fresno County Ag Value Declines in 2015
…issues, governmental red-tape, etc., we are allowing our economy, our food and our people to wilt away. The direction of the Valley’s agricultural industry explicitly determines the direction of the…