…are urged to call CDFA’s Pest Hotline at 1-800-491-1899 or your local agricultural commissioner’s office (Fresno County (559) 600-7510). For more information on the ACP and HLB, please visit: www.cdfa.ca.gov/go/acp….
A Brief History of the Navel Orange in California – From the Sacramento Bee
…transplant to Southern California, wrote to the department asking for recommendations of what to plant on her new property in Riverside. The potential of California for agricultural abundance had long…
HLB-Positive Psyllid Detected in LA County
…the Los Angeles County agricultural commissioner’s office and local residents to manage Asian citrus psyllid populations in the area and eradicate any HLB-positive trees as soon as possible. More information…
Almond Board: GAPs for Food Safety
The Almond Board is helping the industry with new regulations for the Food Safety Modernization Act, and Good Agricultural Practices, or GAPs. Sabrina Hill has more. GAPs for Food Safety…
Favorable Western Snow-pack Build Up Continues
…from Northern California up to the northwest and smaller amounts spilling into the Northern Rockies, “All this translating into the most optimistic Western run-off outlook that we have seen in…
Friends of the California State Fair Offer Students Money
…the California Exposition & State Fair and the California State Fair Agricultural Advisory Council. Major yearly contributors to the fund include Ironstone Concours d’Elegance Foundation, Blue Diamond Growers, Western Fairs…
Milk Output Record High in the Forecast for 2016
…dairy may produce 211.8 billion pounds of milk this year, “That’s a record milk production.” About one and a half percent more than last year but of course USDA outlook…
Agritourism Growing Support
…With more agritourism operations popping up around the country more local and state economic development groups and chambers of commerce are taking notice. Steve Peterson of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism…
Agri View: Agriculture Productivity
…agricultural output. Globally, productivity growth accounts for a rising share of the increase in agricultural production, easing pressure on natural resources to supply the rising demand for food and agricultural…
Cattle Price Declines Expected This Year
…the forecasts. Further Cattle Price Declines Expected This Year “Year-over-year we expect me in production to increase and those cattle prices to soften.” Agriculture Department outlook board chairman Seth Meyer…
Fresno State to Host Brazilian Delegation Tour, Attend Ag Workshop
The Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State will host an agricultural technology delegation from Brazil beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, as part of the Lyles…
Vilsack Leads Trade Mission to Chile and Peru
…of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which if implemented will boost the Chilean and Peruvian economies and tighten integration with the U.S. economy, helping further expand demand for U.S. agricultural products.” The…
Valley Women to be Honored for Philanthropic and Agricultural Involvement
Six women have been selected as the 2016 honorees for the Common Threads Award, which recognizes women from the San Joaquin Valley for their agricultural, philanthropic and community service. The…
UC Online Tool Delivers In-Field Information
…at a recent chlorpyrifos meeting. Delivers In-Field Information Attendees using tool A meeting at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Education Center addressed integrated pest management in almonds, with a focus…