Though it’s almost time for the almond harvest, the time to plant will be here before you know it. Sabrina Hill shares expert advice for improving yields through planting techniques….
California Ag Labor and Immigration
…pulled to harvest fresh fruit to cover those labor shortages, it leaves few workers to do the ongoing maintenance needed by other crops. And that means growers will have to…
Irrigation and Almond Hull Rot
…about two to three weeks before harvest. For more of Holtz’s comments, click the links below. Click to open or download audio report Click to open or download audio report…
Growers Need to Speak Up on Issues
…comes, when the actual water board comes down to Fresno to talk about what they’re going to do … I know it’s a busy time of year. It’s during harvest…
Labor Shortages in Fresno County
…Executive Director Ryan Jacobsen. Click to open or download audio report. Fresno County is heading into the harvest season for a variety of crops and that means the demand for…
Immigration Bill an Uphill Battle
…growers worry about having enough labor to harvest their crops, House speaker John Boehner has made it clear the House won’t pass the Senate’s immigration bill. The senate bill passed…
AFBF Statement on Judiciary Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
…whether foreign workers will grow and harvest our food. That is a matter of fact. It is about whether those foreign workers will tend crops here in the United States,…
CA Crops Different from Others
…is already over six feet tall and producing ears of corn nearly ready for harvest. He says his friends in different parts of the country almost don’t believe his crop…
Using Heat to Fight Pests
…growing season from bud to harvest. The technology is still relatively new, but has been in testing for a number of years. To see what the machine looks like, watch…
Vulcan Receives Reduced Signal Word
…About MANA MANA offers the most comprehensive and diversified product portfolio in the crop protection industry with more than 60 formulations of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators and harvest…
New Leader for Citrus Board
…on the annual citrus harvest. The Citrus Research Board administers the Citrus Research Program, a grower-funded and directed program established in 1968 under the California Marketing Act as the mechanism…
Asparagus Harvest Starting
It’s just about time for the spring asparagus harvest in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area. California grows more than 11,000 acres of asparagus every year, adding up to more than…
2012 CA Wine Grape Production
2012 was a good year for California wine grape growers. They crushed 4.01 million tons of grapes after the 2012 harvest, which sets a new record. The previous record was…
Biggest Tomato Crop in CA History?
…for the past 6 years the processing tomato harvest has produced between 12 to 13 million tons each year, making this year’s projected harvest closer to average. That’s good news…