…different fungicides in keeping garlic cloves free of damage. “This was the first year doing this trial. We had eight different treatments in the trial,” said Jaspreet Sidhu, Kern County Vegetable…
Dairy Methane Reduction Projects Receive $25.4 Million from CDFA
…will also contribute $32 million in matching funds. A total of four projects will be developed in Tulare County and eight in Merced County. Seven projects in Stanislaus County will…
Housing for the Harvest Program Continues to Expand
…effort and we look forward to expanding the program with additional local partners across the state.” Yolo County will be administering the program for workers in the area. The county…
Golden Valley FFA Named California’s Top FFA Program
…program has over 800 students and six agriculture instructors. Madera South came in second with 44 points and Kings County came in third with 39 points. Hanford was ranked fourth…
Research Continues to Address Southern Blight in Potatoes
…blight. Some fungicides have provided varying levels of benefit but are not been highly effective. Kern County Vegetable Crops Advisor Jaspreet Sidhu has been working on a project to help…
Future Navel Orangeworm Issues with Warming Temperatures
…the end of 2050 or so, we’ll see an extra generation.” The study focused on 23 counties in the Central Valley, from Shasta County in the north to Kern County…
Officials Addressing the 74 ACP Discoveries Found North of the Grapevine
…be working with our regulatory staff to take a look at that; working with Kern County to find out what they’re seeing coming over the Grapevine into Kern County,” Hornbaker…
More than $7 Billion Paid in Second Round of USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
…the FSA county office at their local USDA Service Center. FSA offers multiple options for producers to apply for CFAP 2. Producers with an eAuthentication account can apply online through…
Week in Review: Increased ACP Trap Finds and Ag Rallies to Defeat Prop 15
The ACP/HLB San Joaquin Valley Task Force is calling attention to the recent rise in Asian citrus psyllid trap findings in Kern County. As election day continues to draw nearer,…
Task Force Addressing Increased ACP Trap Finds in Commercial Citrus
The ACP/HLB San Joaquin Valley Task Force is calling attention to the recent rise in ACP trap findings in Kern County. Over the last two months, there have been a…
Increasing More Targeted Cattle Grazing Is A ‘Win-Win-Win Opportunity’
…takes place in every county across the state aside from San Francisco. Cattle consume different levels of forage or fine fuels depending on the region. Rao explained that averaging for…
Enrollment Period for USDA Safety-Net Programs Open
…crop-by-crop ARC-County (ACR-CO) or PLC, or ARC-Individual for the entire farm. The ARC-CO program provides financial support that is linked to historical base acres of select commodities, not current production….
Conservation Reserve Program Producers Received 1.68 Billion in Payments
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The Western View: New Climate Strategies May Benefit Ag
…he has reduced irrigation water usage from 2 acre feet to 1.5 acre feet or less. Chris is a 5th generation Ventura County farmer. He is a conventional citrus and…