This slideshow requires JavaScript. Dozens of growers showed up to the San Juaquin Sustainable Farming Projects’ almond field day in Los Banos this week. Growers heard from University of California…
All of Tulare County Added to Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine
…not remove fruit from the quarantine area. In addition to quarantines in portions of Fresno, Kern, and San Luis Obispo counties, ACP entire-county quarantines remain in place in Imperial, Los…
California Crop Weather
…the Central Valley. Some light precipitation occurred over portions of the Mojave Desert and Greater Antelope Valley, San Gabriel Mountains and the greater Los Angeles and San Diego areas. Amounts…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. The ACP is an invasive species of grave concern because it can carry the disease huanglongbing…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in San Luis Obispo County
…In addition to the quarantine areas in San Luis Obispo County; portions of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare County and the entire counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,…
Draft Program Environmental Impact Report
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is circulating a Draft Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Statewide Plant Pest and Management Program for a 45-day public review and comment…
Drought Relief Food Giveaway
…fresh, local produce will be sent to food banks in Merced, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Watsonville, Salinas, Santa Maria, Oxnard, Riverside and San Diego. “We are seeing an increased number of…
SLO Deals with Additional ACP Finds
…in Los Angeles County in 2012. However, the disease has devastated citrus industries in other areas, such as Florida and Brazil. Huanglongbing and the Asian citrus psyllid are key topics…
Expansion of the LBAM Quarantine Boundary – San Luis Obispo
…boundary can be found at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/lbam/regulation.html#central. The quarantine boundary is being expanded because San Luis Obispo chose to combine the Cayucos and Los Osos quarantine boundaries, creating a combined quarantine…
Governor Signs CA Budget With FFA Funding Included
…result of the hard work of thousands of FFA students and advocates throughout the state of California. Our area was tremendous in showing its support from the from the beginning…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expands
…in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. The ACP is an invasive species of grave concern because it can carry the disease…
Proposed Expansion of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary
For Torrance area, Los Angeles County. Effective June 10, 2014, the Department is expanding the Los Angeles County Quarantine Boundary for Grids 469 and 470. A map of the proposed…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…that state. The University of Florida estimates the disease has tallied more than 6,600 lost jobs, $1.3 billion in lost revenue to growers and $3.6 billion in lost economic activity….
2014 FSA County Committee Elections
…los comités de la Farm Service Agency (FSA) en los condados es importante para todos los agricultores y ganaderos ya tengan operaciones agrícolas grandes o pequeñas por que los comités…