…in the agriculture and animal husbandry industry, from corn fields to orange orchards to dairy farms. Some crops such as tobacco—the crop cited most often on Polaris-operated hotlines—require much more…
The California Kitchen: Champagne Poached Kiwi topped with an Orange Crème Anglaise
…2 Cups Champagne 3 eggs ¼ Cup Orange Juice 1 vanilla bean 2 T Vanilla 1 Cup Cream 1/3 Cup Sugar To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California…
The California Kitchen: Kiwi Crepes
…Milk 2 T Butter 1 T Sugar 1 Kiwi Cleaned 1 T YST Jelly Orange Marmalade To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. California…
California All-Orange Forecast Drops 2 Percent
The citrus crop forecast showed a 2 percent drop from last month in all oranges for California. In total, the U.S. all-orange forecast for the 2016-2017 season dropped 3 percent…
Fighting a Citrus Killer
…from the leaf microbiota of a Valencia orange tree. The researchers are working towards harnessing the chemistry that these microbes produce to develop novel antimicrobials against the causal agent of…
USDA Seeks Nominees for the National Watermelon Promotion Board
…Manatee, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Lucie and Volusia. There are 14 producers, 14 handlers, 8 importers and one public member on…
The Western View: EPA, You Got to be Kidding!
…The work accidentally allowed some 3 million gallons of contaminated waste water to escape. Rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah were polluted, with the waterways turning an eerie orange-yellow….
NOW Cost Pistachio Growers $100 Mil
Navel orangeworm (NOW) hit the pistachio crop hard in 2016. Experts estimate NOW cost pistachio growers $100 million total last season. So far, the rare wet winter will help keep…
Almond Board: Navel Orangeworm Predictor
Navel Orangeworm, or NOW, is a big problem for almond growers. AgNet West caught up with UCCE Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor for the Sacramento Valley, Emily Simms, at the…
The California Kitchen: Stuffed Bacon-Wrapped Honey Dates
…Orange Blossom Honey 1 t each cinnamon ½ Cup Cream Cheese To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen For this and…
January Crop Production Report
…The yield calculates to 1,846 pounds per acre. Oranges – The 2016 – 2017 California Navel orange forecast is 44.0 million boxes, up 5 percent from the October forecast, and…
Obama Designates New National Monuments Along California Coast
…6,230 acres: Humboldt County – Trinidad Head, Waluplh-Lighthouse Ranch, and Lost Coast Headlands Santa Cruz County – Cotoni-Coast Dairies San Luis Obispo County – Piedras Blancas Orange County – Orange…
Almonds, Walnuts Unite in Northern California
…have one on spray-application technology, one on using dendrometers for irrigation management and another on management for navel orangeworm and coddling moth.” Pre-registrtion is not required for the event, but…
New HLB Find Outside Current Quarantine
…County. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) confirmed another HLB discovery in Southern California. CDFA’s Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program (CPDPP) reported that an orange tree in…