…eliminating the pest altogether. The Mexican fruit fly can infest more than 50 types of host trees, including oranges, grapefruit, nectarines, and peaches. San Diego County’s recently developed coffee crops…
Thomas Fire: First Estimate of Agricultural Losses Tops $171 Million
…were damaged. Oranges suffered losses of about $3.4 million, while the cost to mandarins reached $491,022 and grapefruit losses totaled $35,930. Other affected commodities include vegetables, with damage and losses…
Agri View: Georgia Citrus
Everett Griner talks about Georgia citrus farming in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses the variety of oranges grown in Georgia. He also tells us about the research being done for…
Clean with Natural Cleaning Ingredients
…ingredients. And chances are, you already have Baking Soda, Vinegar and Citrus Fruits – such as limes, lemons, grapefruit, and oranges. These magical and natural wonders can handle everything you…
Bacon and Chicken Up, OJ Too
…addition, he said the price increase for orange juice is related to the lower supply of oranges, which could worsen due to the impact of Hurricane Irma. Consumers saw a…
Lowest Navel Orange Projection in Nine Years
…Kings, and Kern counties. The forecast was conducted from July 8 to September 1 and included conventional, organic and specialty varieties such as Cara Cara and Blood oranges. Information that…
The Western View: Chile Festival
…oranges. • One teaspoon of dried red chile powder has the daily requirements of Vitamin A. • Hot chile peppers burn calories by speeding up the metabolism. • Teas &…
IBM Announces New Food Traceability Program
A crate of oranges being scanned as part of a food safety blockchain. Courtesy of IBM A group of companies in the global food chain announced a partnership with IBM…
Agri View: Disappointing Growers
…But, a growing number of farmers in Georgia and Alabama have found it possible to profit from lemons, grapefruit and satsuma oranges. Some 30 farmers in the two states have…
Farmers Market Frosty Summer Smoothies
…4 Ways Servings: 2 smoothies per recipe INGREDIENTS Orange, Mango & Carrot 2 oranges, peeled and separated 1 mango, diced 2 carrots, shredded ½ cup milk/nut milk Strawberry, Banana &…
Celebrating Dairy Month in June
…calcium in an 8-ounce glass of milk, you would have to eat seven oranges or six slices of wheat bread. Fresh milk will stay fresher longer if you add a…
Nitrogen Levels in Navel Oranges
Citrus demands for nitrogen are greatest from bloom through June, making spring the best time to apply supplemental nitrogen fertilizer to navel oranges. Growers typically apply between 1/10 and 1/4…
Western View: Visit to Citrus State Park
…ranching in the state brought hundreds of would-be citrus barons to California for the “second Gold Rush.” The lush groves of oranges, lemons and grapefruit created California’s image as the…
Agri View: Importing Lemons
…can grow enough lemons to ship some to Argentina. But that is not all. We imported some oranges from Spain a few years ago. Remember. And with them came a…