…for beet leafhopper populations as well as host development. As the tomato harvest draws to completion, the program would like to ask growers to disk fallow fields with Russian thistle….
Farm-to-School – Northern California elementary school students to visit White House Garden
…Obama and students from schools in Arizona, Ohio and Washington D.C. to harvest vegetables from the White House Garden and work with chefs to turn them into a healthy meal….
USDA/NASS Citrus Crop Forecast has California All Oranges at 50.5 Million
Erick USDA Agricultural Statistics Administrator Candy Erick delivered the citrus crop forecast. California Non-Valencia is forecast at 40.5 million, and Valencia forecast is 10 million boxes. Harvest is expected to…
Post-Harvest Topics at Almond Field Day
…Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors David Doll and Gurreet Brar. Post-Harvest Topics at Almond Field Day Doll spoke about soil salinity and the problems facing producers in the drought year. Many…
Leafhopper Management has Little Options
…said the natural enemies don’t repopulate as fast as the leafhoppers, and the only effective way to manage a yellowing alfalfa crop is to early harvest and cut your losses….
Weekly Column: Farm to School Programs Create New Opportunities for Farmers
…ages will dig up lessons in school gardens, visit farms, harvest pumpkins, and don hair nets for tours of processing facilities. Science teachers – and English, math, and social studies…
Record Walnut Production Forecast
…disease and insect pressures. Overall, the 2014 crop is developing faster than last year and harvest is expected to start early. The 2014 Walnut O.M. Survey utilized a total of…
USDA Helps Deliver the Latest in Innovative Agricultural Methods to Small, Socially Disadvantaged Agricultural Producers
…assistance, business planning and marketing plan development to socially disadvantaged commercial fishermen. Massachusetts World Farmers, Inc. – $135,188 grant; To provide technical assistance on harvesting, marketing and post-harvest practices to…
USDA Awards Over $52 Million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies
…healthy foods. Secretary Vilsack made the announcement while in Virginia, where M. James Faison, a farmer and business owner of Milton’s Local Harvest, was awarded a Local Food Promotion Program…
California Crop Weather
…7 percent complete. Fruit Crops The raisin grape harvest remained active. Rain over the weekend was a concern for growers. Wine and table grape harvests continued. The harvest of apples,…
What’s Plantable?
…chance to share a little bit of the thrill that farmers get every time they bring a crop to harvest. CANGC developed the Plantable app with the help of a…
Olive Oil Quality Standards to be Introduced in California
…time for the upcoming olive harvest season. The standards were recommended by the recently-formed California Olive Oil Commission – brought into existence by olive oil producers in recognition of their…
Almond Board: Importance of Harvest Sampling
In today’s Almond Update, Bob Curtis, Almond Board Associate Director of Agricultural Affairs, tells us about the importance of harvest sampling. Curtis says it’s important to get a representative sample,…
Almond Board: Tips During Fall Rains
…do in all harvest stages when the rains come. Niederholzer says the worst thing you can do is to pick up wet almonds and add them to your pile, but…