Concerns are being voiced about the expansion of drought into more crop areas over the last month. Gary Crawford reports. Click to open or download audio report…
Farm Production Expenditures
USDA has just put out its report on last year’s farm production expenditures. Gary Crawford has more. Click to open or download audio report…
Fresno County’s New Agriculture Commissioner
…Agricultural Commissioner for Kings County. Fresno County has long been the nation’s top ag producing county, and last year had an overall agricultural production value at more than $6.5 billion….
USDA Crop Report This Month
A major USDA crop production report is in the works. Gary Crawford has more. Click to open or download audio report…
Data Collection for USDA Crop Report
Data collection is underway for the big August USDA Crop Production Report. Gary Crawford has the story. Click to open or download audio report…
USDA Crop Forecast
If weather over the last month is any indication, the next USDA crop forecast should show very good production prospects. Gary Crawford has more. Click to open or download audio…
Citrus Expo E-newsletter: Certified Crop Adviser Units; GAPs for Processed Fruit
This week’s issue of the Citrus Expo E-newsletter includes details on available Cerified Crop Adviser units and a preview of a session on Good Agricultural Practices for processed fruit. The…
Condition of Corn Crop
Recent rain made a very small impact on overall corn progress. The corn crop around the nation is very important to California dairy and livestock operations, as it greatly influences…
AgNet West e-News: AF36 and Almonds; Curly Top in Tomatoes; Future of Citrus
This week’s issue of the AgNet West e-News includes information on AF36 and almonds, curly top in tomatoes, and the future of citrus production. Click here to view the current…
Tulare Pomegranate Crop Sees Ups and Downs
…remain a smaller crop for most counties. Tulare County Agriculture Commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita presented the crop report to the Board of Supervisor earlier this week. Overall, the county had another…
Tulare County 2012 Crop Report
…presented Tulare’s 2012 Crop Report to the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday. She said there were some significant changes from 2011. Overall production in Tulare County for 2012 was $6,210,693,000….
Future of Citrus Production
The future of citrus production is one of the seminar topics at the upcoming Citrus Expo. Researcher and speaker Arnold Schumann says that includes fighting Huanglongbing disease. Sabrina Hill has…
Changes to USDA Insurance
USDA is combining some of its Area Risk Protection Insurance offerings for the upcoming crop year. Rod Bain reports. Click to open or download audio report…