…Also on Greenpeace’s Save the Bees page, a type of insecticide called neonicotinoids, is known to cause acute and chronic poisoning not just of one bee, but the entire colony….
Agri View: Avian Flu…Again?
…General Information on Avian Influenza HPAI General Resources and Information Background on Avian Influenza & Responding to Avian Influenza Additional APHIS Avian Influenza Outreach Materials CDC H5 Avian Influenza Page…
Farm Women and Consumers
…your community. Our Food Link Planning Toolkit (.pdf) Ag in the Classroom Grant Gets Students to the White House Students from the Sarah Moore Green Magnet Technology Academy in Knoxville,…
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Program 2016
…long and is dark brown to black, with lighter underside. The wings are partly transparent with reddish veins. When the adults and nymphs are newly emerged, they are grayish to…
ACP Monitoring ‘Springs’ Into Action
…Because the feathery light green leaves are particularly attractive to Asian citrus psyllids (ACP), the leaves’ emergence marks a critical time to determine whether the pest has infested trees. “We…
50 Years of School Breakfast
…week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commemorates the 50th anniversary of its School Breakfast Program by shining a light on the positive impacts of school breakfast. Over the course…
Agri View: Trees
…trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight. In looser senses, the taller palms, the tree ferns, bananas and bamboos are also trees….
Almond Board: Nitrogen Sampling
…Almonds.com for additional leaf sampling guidelines and to access the online calculator. From the Almond Board: It is important to supply almond trees with as much nitrogen as they need…
Getting Garden Ready
…the foliage is still green. Clean water features and fountains. Make sure pumps and lights are working properly. Remove leaf guards. Hot house azaleas are popular gifts this time of…
Connecting Drones in Real Time
…connection to the Verizon LTE network. The XRD includes antennas that pick up high-bandwidth LTE signals in rural areas as though they were in the center of a metropolitan area….
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
…soybeans, almonds, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, lettuce, alfalfa, tomatoes, watermelon, and bell peppers, with some crops having as many as 6 applications per year. Crops that have been properly treated with…
Sustainability on Consumers’ Minds
…conversations with consumers have changed as consumers are showing concerns about sustainability. “I think the real underlying question consumers are asking us to answer is ‘If almonds are good for…
Bayer Grand Opening Of New Greenhouse Site In West Sacramento
…will allow Bayer researchers to grow a diverse range of agricultural and horticultural crops under different temperature and light settings. The completion of the West Sacramento greenhouse site follows the…
Western View: Riding the Blossom Trail
…the trees are starting their year, heading for full bloom. The white blossoms of the almonds are out in force in Fresno County, and the pinks of the stone fruit…