Beet Leafhopper Overwintering Adult The Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program (BCTVCP) would like to remind tomato growers to be aware of fallow fields, almond/pistachio orchards, or vineyards with weedy…
Trials Looking Into Rhodococcus Field Transfer
Researchers have identified a bacteria that causes bushy top syndrome in pistachios, and trials are looking into transfer possibilities of the bacteria in the field. Trials Looking Into Field Transfer…
Important Insurance Change Deadline
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is hitting as many field days as possible to spread the word about a big change in crop insurance policies. Important Insurance Change Deadline FSA…
Best Jobs for Grads = Agriculture, Part 1
In this, the first part of a two part series, Cathy Isom checks out the career field in demand for college grads. Best Jobs for Grads…
Bushy Top Syndrome Sanitation Recommendations
…for a few years and she was able to produce some findings on sanitation. The previous recommendations advised growers to sanitize field equipment as much as possible, but there wasn’t…
Regional Crop Production Report for May 12, 2015
The USDA-NASS, California Field Office today released the crop production forecast for May. The latest survey, conducted during the last week of April and the first week of May, included…
Importance of Sanitation for Navel Orangeworm
…almond field day in Fresno County. Cooperative Extension Pomology Nut Crop Farm Advisor David Doll reminded growers of the importance sanitation in an effective pest management program for navel orangeworm….
Western Snowpack Melts Early, Little Remains
…field offices in nearly every county in the country, NRCS provides science-based conservation solutions to farmers and ranchers that help mitigate the effects of drought and prepare against future weather…
Annual Strawberry Field Day in Santa Maria
…of the meeting. Dara presented research on one of the more popular trials that is looking at microsprinkler irrigation. Stay with AgNet West for more stories from the field day….
HM.CLAUSE – Davis, California Branch
HM.CLAUSE is a business unit of Limagrain, an international co-operative agricultural group, specializing in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products. HM.CLAUSE is made up of two parts Harris Morgin…
Importance of Knowing Your Soil
…Soil University of California Riverside has been conducting a trial on avocados that has included field studies on irrigation and salinity management and grower questionnaires. Graduate Student Researcher Julie Escalara…
2015 Spring Walnut Grafting Demonstration and Field Meeting to be held
University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and Suchan Farm & Nursery invite growers and others interested in walnut grafting techniques to attend the 2015 Spring Walnut Grafting Demonstration and Field…
From Over 100,000 to 1: Partners Band Together to Beat the European Grapevine Moth
…partners with the best science and data to combat EGVM. At a field day organized by the University of California Cooperative Extension (UC Coop) and the County of Napa, UC…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…of world-renowned researchers and scientists – called the consensus statement – which translates key scientific climate findings from disparate fields into one unified message and reiterates the hazards listed below…