…color, and call it orange juice. The FDA standard of identity for ‘orange juice’ prohibits labeling beverages that are only orange in color as ‘orange juice.’ But this is the…
Almond Board: Upcoming Workshops
…Board: Your crop is set, but now, hungry pests are poised to move in. Spider mites, ants and navel orangeworm are three primary pests that can do serious damage to…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachio, May 1
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of May 1. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Agri View: Importing Lemons
…can grow enough lemons to ship some to Argentina. But that is not all. We imported some oranges from Spain a few years ago. Remember. And with them came a…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachio, April 24
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide brings us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of April 24. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…third-generation fruit and vegetable grower and shipper from Orange County; former secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture; current board member, Western Growers Association James “Cookie” Lamb of…
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…House to showcase the diverse nature of agriculture production in the U.S. California will be represented by A.G. Kawamura of California, third-generation fruit and vegetable grower and shipper from Orange…
HLB Tree Triggers New Quarantine
…one large zone that includes areas of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. A total of 53 trees in California have tested positive for HLB disease. Another three trees were confirmed…
Egg-Citing News – Food Prices Down for Easter
…white bread, up 2 percent to $1.72 per 20-ounce loaf orange juice, up 1 percent to $3.22 per half-gallon whole milk, up 1 percent to $3.27 per gallon vegetable oil,…
Valencia Oranges Increase, Non-Valencia Decrease in Citrus Forecast
Mark Hudson, USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service, Washington D.C. issued the April, 2017 citrus crop forecast. Valencia Oranges Increase, Non-Valencia Decrease in Citrus Forecast The California Valencia orange forecast is…
The California Kitchen: Black Berry Chocolate Sponge Cake with a Chocolate Beer Ganache
…Sugar ½ t Kosher Sal 3 T Whole Milk ½ Cup Plus 1 T AP Flour ½ Cup Coco Powder 2 Cream Charges 5 T Rosenthal Orange Citrus Olive Oil…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…from the trees? If you were going into the orange juice business, would you build your processing plant in Maine, thousands of miles from the citrus groves of the Gulf…
Agri View: New Citrus Crop
…it looked like a crop with possibilities. Perhaps as many as thirty farmers planted small acreages of oranges and lemons just to see if they could grow them. They did….
Agri View: Long Shot Crop
Everett Griner talks about producing citrus in Alabama and Georgia may be a long shot in today’s Agri View. Long Shot Crop The Satsuma orange is finding acceptance in a…