…or abandoned in that state. Brazil has eliminated over 12 million trees because of the disease. Every state in Mexico with citrus is infected with the disease for which there…
ACP Update: New Psyllid in Exeter, Quarantines Expanded
…HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the pest in 1998 and the disease in 2005, and both the…
ACP Quarantine Expansion in Tulare and Kern Counties
…– last year on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida…
Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill
…(D), Yes New Hampshire Ayotte (R), Yes Shaheen (D), Yes New Jersey Chiesa (R), Yes Menendez (D), Yes New Mexico Heinrich (D), Yes Udall (D), Yes New York Gillibrand (D),…
Restrictions Lifted for Asian Citrus Psyllid in Tulare
…to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern United States. Florida first detected the pest in 1998 and the disease in 2005, and the two have now…
Little Improvement for California Rangelands
…poor to very poor. Arizona is even worse than California. It has 75 percent in the poor to very poor range. New Mexico has the worse rating, with 92 percent…
ASA Releases Video Touting Sugar Program
…food security. Heavily subsidized sugar from Mexico and Brazil, which ASA calls the “OPEC of sugar” in its video, threatens the U.S. industry and must be addressed for a free…
Producers Learn About Exporting
…the center, as well as export experts from three countries – Canada, Mexico, and China. Beth Pomper specializes in launching U-S foods overseas, and Canadian products in the US. She…
Improved Mexican Border Crossing for Produce
US Customs and Border Patrol is in talks with Mexican officials to speed up inspections of fresh produce and other agricultural commodities at the border in Mexico by moving the…
New Water Deal With Mexico: Imperial Says No
…regulations on how to share the river water among states in times of drought, but did not set aside an allotment for Mexico. Mexico will now also surrender some of…
Record Pistachio Harvest
…should come in around 550 million pounds for California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, according to the American Pistachio Growers Association. About 98 percent of pistachios from those four states…
FL Tomato Industry Exec Updates Suspension Status of Mexican Agreement
With the issues regarding the 16-year suspension agreement between U.S. and Mexico gaining national attention, we spoke to Reggie Brown with the Florida Tomato Exchange regarding the current status of…