…want to be on the lookout for fresh damage. “It’s pretty rare to get nymphs migrating into the field. It’s generally adults that are coming out of an alfalfa field,…
Freezing Avocado Shoots: the ‘Han Solo Treatment’ Security Blanket
…stored indefinitely in liquid nitrogen. O’Brien noted that they have optimized the protocol for two cultivars. The Reed cultivar will be used for field testing the successful rewarming of the…
NRCS Names Priority Watershed Areas to Receive Financial Assistance
…Half Moon Bay Local Partnership Office. The Santa Maria and Templeton Field Offices will assist with Oso Flaco Creek Santa Maria. The Oxnard Field Office will be serving Matilija Creek,…
Making Sense of Biologicals: Entomopathogenic Fungi Mythbusting
…unbiased experts in the field of biologics to help the industry better understand the product category. This episode of Making Sense of Biologicals is made possible by PureCrop1, an all-organic…
Conservation Challenges Highlighted in Subcommittee Hearing
…applying unusual pressures on our staff and adjusting, to some degree, the way we operate at the field level,” NRCS Acting Chief Kevin Norton said during his testimony. “It is…
OpenET Project Seeks to Transform Water Management in the West
…the scale of individual fields for the western U.S. and to make this information widely available and easily accessible,” said Forrest Melton, program scientist for the NASA Western Water Applications…
NRCS Funds Innovation Through On-Farm Trials of Conservation Systems
…regions covering seven states and six cropping systems. Through soil sampling, in-field assessment, and crop management protocols AFT will track the short-term soil, economic, and social changes occurring as farms…
2020 Advances in Pistachio Production Short Course Nov. 2-19
…Zoom webinars will cover a variety of pistachio production topics including field preparation, planting, irrigation, pest management, and harvesting. Registration is available for the entire conference, or for individual dates….
Making Sense of Biologicals: Nematode’s High Level of Peachtree Borer Control
…various topics with unbiased experts in the field of biologics to help the industry better understand the product category. This episode of Making Sense of Biologicals is made possible by…
Consumers are Driving a Move to More Sustainable Cotton Farming in California
…grown using practices that promote soil health and sequester carbon to give their products climate-change mitigation cachet. “What we envision when we look at the fields is groundcover year-round. Living…
Fresno County Grape Growers Press On Amidst Smokey Conditions
…are trying to do everything they can to work with their vintners to get the winegrapes out of the field because there is just a concern ash may continue to…
Making Sense of Biologicals: Protecting Grape Pruning Wounds From Disease
…said in the lab setting the biological options, such as beneficial bacteria, did very well in comparison and has now prompted an in-field study to test all of the products…
Stakeholder Input Sought for Agriculture Innovation Agenda
…The innovations will also need to have been field-tested with data compiled through independent research trials. The underlying goal of the Agriculture Innovation Agenda is to help advance the effort…
Leafy Greens Safety Remains Priority as Fall Production Moves to AZ
…fact that LGMA requires absolute compliance with the more than 300 food safety mechanisms that are involved with on-farm audits. Several additional safety practices related to field and equipment sanitation…