The harvest may be over, but almond growers still need to head out to the orchard for another check for pests. Sabrina Hill has more. Almond Update: Fall orchard management…
County Rules Help to Reduce Theft of Walnuts
…numbers will not be available until after the harvest is completed. Most growers and handlers now say the crop will likely not reach the earlier projection. Last year, the crop…
Looking ahead – December is Farm to Food Bank Month
…to not only recognize the great work that is occurring on an ongoing basis – Ag Against Hunger, Hidden Harvest, Young Farmers and Ranchers, and Farm to Family – but…
Short Storms Needed for Nut Harvest
The Northern California walnut harvest could use another short rain event. Short Storms Needed for Nut Harvest University of California Cooperative Extension Orchard Advisor Richard Buchner says walnut harvest is…
Early Walnut Harvesting
Like many other crops in California, harvest for walnuts started a little early this season. Early Walnut Harvesting Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Rachel Elkins says some growers in Lake and…
World Food Day a Reminder of Everyday Challenges With Food Access
…Lady Michelle Obama and help harvest vegetables for the White House kitchen! Another program that helps with food access and education is CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, which provides…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…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…