…2014 yielded a record corn crop and the price of corn dropped precipitously throughout the harvest, even as food costs increased. “The authors of this legislation fail to understand the…
Big Fresno Fair Announces New San Joaquin Valley Olive Oil Competition
…competition is open to all olive oil producers in the state of California with olive oil made from the most recent olive harvest. There will be two classes for entries:…
Almond Board of California Leadership Program Begins Seventh Year
…as a rootstock budding demonstration at Burchell Nursery in March, to almond quality and food safety seminars in the spring and summer, tours of almond harvest and processing facilities in…
Grape Industry Bracing for Dry 2015
Grape industry leaders are bracing for another dry year and want growers to keep conveying the water message to local decision makers. Bracing for Another Dry Year Even with the…
Increasing Production of Quality Wines
…of Quality Wines Reports showed California wine markets last year were stale. At the Unified Grape Symposium earlier this month, Allied Grape Growers Vice President of Operations Jeff Bitter said…
Consumers Backing Sustainability Push
…encompassing meaning. President of the Sonoma County Wine Grape Commission Karissa Kruse has set a goal for all of Sonoma County to be truly certified in five years. Consumers Backing…
Free Bird-Friendly Farming Workshops
…and farmers: Short-term flooding of fields in summer, No-till, no-chop rice fields, Post-harvest residue management of corn fields, Winter flooding of corn fields with staggered flood-up, Winter flooding of fields…
Marketing Order Tricky for Wine Industry
…orders have been successful for other industries but getting everyone on the same page in the wine industry can be tricky. Allied Grape Growers Vice-President of Operations Jeff Bitter says…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…his business will decline at least 50 percent this year — and that means he won’t be hiring any part-time employees during rice harvest in September and October. Van Dyke’s…
Sonoma’s Bold Goal for Wine Grape Growers
…of the Sonoma County Wine Grape Commission Karissa Kruse wanted to get area growers into the movement with a bold idea. Bold Goal for Wine Grape Growers Kruse said they…
63rd Annual Lodi Grape Day
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Today was the 63rd Annual Lodi Grape Day where growers from all over the San Joaquin Valley gathered to hear a variety of issues facing the…
Fruit & Nut Review
DECEMBER CROP COMMENTS – CALIFORNIA The grape crop, which accounts for 88 percent of the 2014 United States utilized grape production, is down 12 percent from the previous year. The…
Unified Symposium: State of California’s Wine Industry
Wednesday’s general session at the Unified Wine and Grape Symposium started with an update on the state of the industry. Jon Fredrikson of Gomberg, Fredrikson and Associates delivered some difficult…
Agri View: Hand Picked
Everett Griner talks about fruit harvest still a hand industry in today’s Agri View. Hand Picked…