…first line of defense against hunger – helps put food on the table for millions of families experiencing hardship. The program has never been more critical to the fight against…
California Crop Weather
…7 percent complete. Fruit Crops The raisin grape harvest remained active. Rain over the weekend was a concern for growers. Wine and table grape harvests continued. The harvest of apples,…
Olive Oil Quality Standards to be Introduced in California
…fast-growing industry. The standards will set California-specific guidelines that will apply to handlers producing 5,000 gallons or more of olive oil made from olives grown in California. Importers and distributors…
USDA: 2013 Potato Production Down 6 Percent
…down 3 percent from 2012. Table stock sales totaled 104 million cwt, 12 percent below the previous year. Seed sales of 22.4 million cwt are down 5 percent from 2012….
California Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report
…Cara, and Blood orange groves. For each randomly selected tree, its trunk was measured along with all connected branches. A random number table was then used to select a branch,…
Table Olive Growers Report a ‘Real Bad’ Crop
…growers are reporting in Tulare County, where there’s about 12,000 acres, or 60 percent of the state’s table olives. “It’s real bad down here,” said Rod Burkett, a grower in…
Weekly Crop Check-In
…the Sacramento Valley and Yuba County. Table grape harvest continued. Harvest continued in early champagne grape vineyards. Apple harvest continued. Later apple varieties were sugaring nicely. Bartlett, Bosc, and Asian…
California Table Olive Probability Survey Report
The 2014 California table olive forecast is 50,000 tons, down 45 percent from last year’s crop of 91,000 tons, according to a survey conducted by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics…
California Raisin Grape Objective Measurement Report
…in sample vineyards of raisin, table, and wine type varieties. The Raisin Administrative Committee funded the O.M. survey of raisin-type variety grapes from 1985 to 2001, 2005, and from 2007…
Non-citrus Fruits and Nuts 2013 Summary Highlights
…for apples, apricots, cultivated blueberries, boysenberries, black raspberries, red raspberries, tart cherries, cranberries, grapes, California kiwifruit, California olives, pears, and prunes and plums. Utilized production decreased from 2012 for, blackberries,…
UC Davis Drought Study Assesses Current Losses and Potential Future Impacts
…replenish groundwater in wet years continues to reduce groundwater availability to sustain agriculture during drought — particularly more profitable permanent crops, like almonds and grapes — a situation lead author…
CVCB Celebrates San Joaquin Valley Agribusiness With The Valley Grown For You Campaign
…http://www.armstrongolives.net/or in store at local Trader Joe’s Padula Farms(Retail Label: Lindsay Olives) Spanish Queen Olives http://www.lindsayolives.com/or in store at local Save Mart Supermarket La Belle Winery Mystery Wine http://www.labellewinery.com/or at…
Time to End Trade Talks with Japan?
…committed earlier to put everything on the table. Grassley says lawmakers are concerned the administration will let Japan off the hook – encouraging other trade partners like Europe to not…
USDA Pacific Region Monthly Poultry Report
…table eggs, and 1.04 billion hatching eggs, of which 967 million were broiler-type and 75 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during April 2014 averaged 352 million, up…