…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…
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…
Citrus Industry This Week: Pruning Advice for HLB Trees; Florida Freeze Warning
…preparing for tonight’s expected cold temperatures. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe free and view the current issue. Click here to subscribe to the monthly Citrus Industry magazine….
Western View: Critical Meeting Wednesday – You’re Invited
…the Board for 26 years, rising to Deputy Director in 2000 and Executive Director in 2010. The Board has a meeting scheduled for 9:00 Wednesday morning, and the Nisei farmer’s…
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,…
Consumers Backing Sustainability Push
Selling sustainability is a growing trend in California. Drought conditions and warmer temperatures are fueling the push to be more sustainable however the term itself has taken on an all…
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…
USDA: Slow Snowpack Development for Much of the West
…an indicator of future water availability. Streamflow in the West consists largely of accumulated mountain snow that melts and flows into streams as temperatures warm in spring and summer. NWCC…
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
When it came, the notice was disappointing but not surprising: The State Water Resources Control Board warned farmers, ranchers and other people with water rights to prepare for another round…