…of crops like grapes or tomatoes. “For years, our irrigation district has managed groundwater recharge basins to ensure local users have enough groundwater to supplement their needs,” said Scott Sills,…
European Grapevine Moth Quarantine Lifted in Solano County and Portions of Napa and Sonoma Counties
…The European grapevine moth, or Lobesia botrana, is originally from southern Europe. The pest primarily damages grapes, but has also been known to feed on other crops and plants. First…
Pros and Cons of Early Harvest
…crop harvesting. Weather Keeping Crop From Rain First Crop of Drought Grape Harvesting Weeks Early Perfect Spring Temperatures Grapes are being harvested across the county about 10 to 14 days…
Winegrapes: New Acreage Helps Offset Drought Impacts
…created is that they aren’t buying any more grapes than what has been contracted for. And there are a lot of grapes that aren’t contracted,” he said. DiBuduo said the…
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…
Water Use in California – Analysis from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…production is growing. Approximately nine million acres of farmland in California are irrigated, representing roughly 80% of all human water use. Higher revenue perennial crops—nuts, grapes, and other fruit—have increased…
CA Cattle Ranchers Dealing with Hard Times
…and Kara, own and operate a stocker and cow-calf operation, as well as farm grapes on their Monterey County ranch. Listen above to how he is coping through the drought….
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
…of El Niño conditions. Consumer food prices will be largely unaffected. Higher prices at the grocery store of high-value California crops like nuts, wine grapes and dairy foods are driven…
Tulare County Crop Report Shows Increases
…in value. Grapes came in second, at $984 million, followed by oranges, cattle and calves, then pistachios. Tulare County’s total crop and livestock value was more than $7,800,000,000. This is…
USDA Makes $5 Million in Farm Bill Support for National Clean Plant Network Available
…22 proposals requesting $7.8 million were submitted to NCPN to support developing and propagating pest-free fruit trees, grapes, hops, berries, citrus, roses and sweet potatoes. The NCPN Governing Board, which…
California DPR on Bee Health Inspections
Apiary inspectors learned what to look for when it comes to possible pesticide exposure in bees. Sabrina Hill has more on the training. CDPR on Bee Training Bee health and…
Three New Threats Identified for California Wine Grapes
…to the crop. This designation allow the Board to allocate resources for outreach and research for these vineyard threats should the need arise. Three New Threats for California Wine Grapes…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…to increase fruit color. Grapes bloomed and leafed out; bunches were developing. Grape growers applied fungicides and fertilizers to vineyards. Kiwi vines continued to leaf out and elongate shoots, and…