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MSOB: Industry Effort to Increase Availability and Adoption of Biologicals
…on their use and efficacy. “The Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology with Dennis Donahue and I have started an initiative to get new biologicals vetted on the farm…
Agronomic Minute: Keeping Walnut Blight Top of Mind
…past few years, growers will want to be prepared in the event of increased rainfall in the coming season. “Growers that may be dealing with a history of walnut blight…
Winegrape Market in Balance After Three Short Crops
President of Allied Grape Growers (AGG), Jeff Bitter said that the winegrape market is seeing more of a “stable environment” after three short crops in a row. While acreage has…
Industry Members Work to Expand Trade Opportunities in Spain
…The California companies included in the trade mission include Blue Diamond Growers, California Walnut Commission, The Spirit Guild, Quon Yick International Inc., Mariani Nut Company, Vanilla Saffron Imports, and Cal…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 11-28-22
…study to help growers better estimate cover crop cost and benefits, and come questions and concerns with DPR’s new PAC certification process. Tune in to the show for these news…
AgNet News Hour: Thursday, 11-24-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers Western Growers debuting it’s Real Farmers Care’ video for Thanksgiving, the priorities set…
Almond Update: Seeds for Bees Doubles Participation from Last Year
…surveys that beekeepers are more interested in working with growers and might even give a little bit of a better price to growers who have blooming cover crop in their…
Agronomic Minute: Potential of On-Farm Groundwater Recharge
Drought conditions and the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) are putting a squeeze on California growers. Principal Analyst with the Almond Board of California, Jesse Roseman said…
MSOB: Understanding Beneficial Habitat for Biological Control in Vineyards
…growers. Those leafhoppers provided support for Anagyrus parasitoids to then mitigate grape leafhopper populations in vineyards. “There’s no relationship between grape leafhoppers and coyote brush directory,” Wilson explained. “It was…
BASF Financing Program
…the second year in a row, BASF is offering direct access to a zero percent financing program to partner with established and new growers as they explore simple purchasing options….
Data Sharing a Critical Component to Improving Food Safety
…only as grower-shippers individually, but also as an industry to begin to understand those patterns. So, there’s a big effort at Western Growers behind data sharing, as well as at…
Farm Groups Urge Congress to Better Enforce FIFRA Labeling Parameters
…Association, and Western Growers were among the signatories of the letter. Altogether, more than 20 California-based organizations were among those encouraging action from Congress. The organizations point out that the…
NCGA Launches Search for Next CEO
The National Corn Growers Association Board of Directors has hired Hedlin Ag Enterprises of Ankeny, Iowa, to assist with the search for a new CEO. Current NCGA CEO Jon Doggett…