…from a federal marketing program that would take some of the California raisin crop off the market. Growers in the Central Valley say it would unfairly keep them from selling…
Good Year for Olive Oil
…towns celebrate the olive oil harvest. In the Sonoma Valley, the festival is celebrated for three months. Sonoma Valley 12th Annual Olive Festival: December 1. 2012 – February 28, 2013…
Officials Investigate New Psyllid Finds
…County, the heart of the Central Valley citrus industry. Batkin said there is a possibility the bug could be “hitchhiking” on big citrus deliveries from southern California to the Central…
New Water Deal With Mexico: Imperial Says No
…its allotment during times of drought and low water levels in Lake Mead. The Los Angeles Metropolitan water agency, along with the Central Arizona Water Conservation District and the Southern…
Madera Mayor Promotes Pomegranate Festival
The mayor of the Central California town of Madera is promoting his town’s agriculture base in a new way. Click to Open or Download Audio Report Mayor Brett Frazier along…
Strong Fig Harvest
…been on a decline in previous years, but the crop is coming back. Most of California’s figs are grown in the San Joaquin Valley, Northern California, and the Coachella Valley….
CA Specialty Crop Block Grant Workshops
…CA 93901 Tuesday, November 6, 2012 – 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Suite 202 Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce, 600 Hampshire Rd, Ste 200, Westlake Village, CA 91361 Wednesday,…
EPA Honors Fresno State’s WET Center
…of the “Blue Tech Valley” of California, also known as the San Joaquin Valley. According to a WET Center brochure, the BlueTechValley is where “great ideas and concepts unite to…
Agribusiness Management Conference Nov. 7th
…in Central Valley Groundwater: Findings, Actions, Questions” will be a panel discussion among Dr. Stuart Pettygrove, a soils specialist for the UC Cooperative Extension; Parry Klassen, executive director of the…
California Video Shuts Down Slaughterhouse
…Monday at Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, Calif. Animal care expert, Dr. Dave Daley, Associate Dean for the College of Agriculture at California State University and an active member…
AgNet West Radio Network Covers California; Announces Sales Representative
…Brawley, CA station covers the famous Coachella and Imperial Valley farming regions of southern California and was the first of several to sign up even before the network went on…
Experts to Speak at Upcoming Field Days
…Joaquin Valley growers at field days in Fresno and Los Banos this month. The first event, which focuses on the state’s $2.7 billion almond industry, is scheduled for Thursday, July…
AF36 Approved for Pistachios
…pistachios statewide, and cotton in the Imperial Valley. Besides California, the safe isolate has been used in corn, peanuts, and corn—-where historically high levels of aflatoxin have limited the sale…
Western Ag Processors Meeting Set
…Cardinal Products, Dave Warner with the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the luncheon speaker will be Karen Halliburton Barber, Asst. Vice President of Rabobank’s Food & Agribusiness…