…and just under 500,000 acres of rice. The top five counties in the state as it relates to overall farming acres were Kern, Fresno, Monterey, Tulare, and Merced. Fresno County…
Unseasonable Rains Contribute to Weed Control Issues
…are using buried drip,” said Lynn Sosnoskie, UC Cooperative Extension Weed Science Advisor in Merced County. “The cool temperatures and the wet soil are probably also going to impact crop…
Oriental Fruit Fly Eradicated From Sacramento and Yolo Counties
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Yolo County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, and the Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office have eradicated…
Bee Safe Program Working in Tandem with BeeWhere Program
…together,” said Agricultural Integrated Pest Management Specialist with the Santa Barbara County Ag Commissioners Office Mel Graham. “[Bee Safe] is providing county ag commissioner staff with some training and some…
USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Marketing Assistance Loan Deadlines
…full payment. In circumstances where the county commodity price falls below the county loan rate, producers may repay loans at less than loan rate (principal) plus accrued interest and other…
USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation and Trade Disruption
…sorghum, soybeans, sunflower seed, temperate japonica rice, upland cotton, and wheat will receive a payment based on a single county rate multiplied by a farm’s total plantings to those crops…
Almond Matters: Ant Identification Critical to Management Approach
…David Haviland, Entomology Farm Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension in Kern County. “Then the other ant you want to be looking for is pavement ant. It’s more common in the…
New Agricultural Video Series to Train the Next Generation Debuts
…UC Davis, CalPoly San Luis Obispo, Chico State, and Fresno State worked together with multiple California vegetable growers to develop the video series with financial support from the CDFA Specialty…
Accident Spurs Lone Worker Protocol Thoughts
…event last week as one of their long-time employees died after an apparent ATV accident. “Sadly there was tragedy in Sonoma County…but what was so striking to me about this…
HLB Disease Found in Riverside Again, Same Location
…tested positive for HLB disease, also known as citrus greening, in Riverside County. The tree was located on a former site where the first detection in the county was found…
Nomination Deadline Nears for 2019 California Leopold Conservation Award
…Sand County Foundation and given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold. In California, the $10,000 award is presented with Sustainable Conservation and the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF). Nominations…
Still Developing Hemp Regulation Also Depends on Location
…ago. “Each county, and even each city really, each jurisdiction has the opportunity to create their own rules on top of that,” he said. “Here in Monterey County, we see that…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 05-13-19
…we check in with a County Agricultural Commissioner who says they have a lot of interest in hemp registrations but the process remains complicated. Also, we preview the annual strawberry…
Hemp Registration Opens, Process Remains Complicated
Producers can now register to grow hemp, but it’s still a fuzzy process. As AgNet West reported last week, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced that County…