The announcement of a second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) brought with it the inclusion of more crops and commodities. Many California growers were left out of…
CFAP 2 Application Window Begins September 21
…decline. Sales commodities will include specialty crops, aquaculture, nursery crops, floriculture, and other commodities that are not included in the other two categories. The CFAP 2 will have the same…
Planting Now for Fresh Food on the Thanksgiving Table
…Shutterstock The key to planting a fall-winter garden is timing. As summer hits its peak and begins to wane, it’s time to begin the fall-winter garden. While some crops can…
Almond Update: Bee+ Scholarship Takes Risk Out Of Bee-Friendly Practices
…Farm’ logo in marketing efforts. ABC’s Chief Scientific Officer Josette Lewis said they hope to support the adoption of cover crops in the industry and make it easy for growers…
UCCE Continuing Education Seminars for September and October
University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba-Colusa is holding a series of webinars in September and October to provide research updates on some of the major crops in the Sacramento Valley….
UC Cooperative Extension and Colusa RCD launch ‘Soil Health Connection’
…and without cover crops in an annual cropping system. In addition to the applied research and demonstration aspect, the project also aims to provide a platform for community outreach and…
California Crop Production to Be Impacted by Warming Temperatures
…compared those temperature ranges with the temperatures that crops can grow at and determined when the temperatures would be appropriate for the crops for enough months in a row for…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 09-03-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories including the requirements for specialty crop producers to be eligible…
Producers Optimistic for Pumpkin Demand Heading into Fall
…this year. VP of Crops and Soils for Van Groningen and Sons, Bryan Van Groningen expressed optimism that the fast-approaching season for pumpkins will be a good one. “I believe…
Potato Varieties Showing Promise in Kern County Trials
…Trial. Kern County Vegetable Crops Advisor Jaspreet Sidhu explained some of the findings from the trial has interesting results. “Each variety is replicated four times just to minimize variation…we do…
Making Sense of Biologicals: Plant-Based Biopesticides and Concentration Complexities
…Specialist Dr. Raymond Cloyd studies those cases. These plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) help crops fight off pests by increasing the amounts of natural defenses. Cloyd said there are notable quirks about…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 09-01-20
…September 11, we talk with the FSA Administrator on how they determined eligible crops. Brian German has the details with some interesting results regarding carrot research in Kern County, and…
California Growers Have A New Insecticide Available for Aphid Control
…BASF’s Versys insecticide for use on a variety of crop groups. “Versys insecticide is a new class of aphid control that is registered for use in leafy and brassica crops…
UC Cooperative Extension to Investigate Healthy Soil Practices with CDFA Grants
…to processing tomato fields in the Sacramento Valley, $100,000 Amber Vinchesi-Vahl, UCCE vegetable crops advisor, Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties The project will demonstrate compost applications on two farms in two…