The 2016 California table olive forecast is 65,000 tons, down 17 percent from last year’s crop of 78,000 tons, according to a survey conducted by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…crops were all irrigated by drip, flood, or sprinklers. Olives were sprayed for weed control. The cherry harvest was completed in many counties by month’s end. In Fresno County, rain…
California Citrus Acreage
…report consists of two parts: Table 1 shows estimated statewide bearing acreage for the 2013-14 to 2014-15 seasons. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show detailed acreage data by type, variety,…
Grower Campaign to Help Market Olives
Some California olive growers are getting their 15 minutes of fame. A new campaign is focusing on their stories to help market olives. In an age where farmers are a…
McDonald’s Announces New Antibiotics Policy
…about eating, all the way from the farm to the restaurant table, and these moves are a way to help that happen.” McDonald’s has been working with its farmers for…
Poultry Review
…Production included 7.10 billion table eggs, and 1.11 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 96 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during June 2016…
Managed Grazing Helps Forests, Experts Say
…as cheatgrass could move in and overtake the landscape, creating a fire hazard. “If you’ve taken one of the tools—grazing—off the table, then you’ve hampered your ability to control that…
Scope of New Olive Disease
…Sacramento Valley, right now we have not yet detected it on table olives although I do have some samples getting looked at. In the oil olives, the symptoms are very…
Seed to Table
…on This Land of Ours. Seed to Table 9 Plants that Provide Food — Seed to Table — in Under Two Months One of the hardest parts for beginning gardeners,…
New Oil Olive Disease in California?
…in olives up until recently. We are now surveying across the state and trying to see what we are dealing with.” Courtesy: F. Trouillas. More research is needed before experts…
IndexBox Marketing: Orange Market In Crisis
…and the support of the industry at state level. While global consumption of concentrated orange juice experienced a significant decline, the demand for fresh oranges decreased slightly. The following table…
New Olive Growing Cost Studies
…study focuses on producing table olives with the Manzanillo variety. The other study focuses on establishing a super-high-density orchard and producing olives for oil, using the Arbequina variety. The cost…
Almond Forecast Up
…progresses to the end of the terminal branch. Using a random number table, one branch is selected at each forking to continue the path. A branch’s probability of selection is…
Pacific Region Egg and Poultry Report
…and 2,433 in May 2015. U.S. May Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.52 billion during May 2016, up 5 percent from last year. Production included 7.36 billion table…