…1 Cup Seltzer Water Salt/Pepper To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Crab Stuffed Mushroom Tempura For this and many more…
Dolcini Tours Farms
FSA Administrator Travels West: Tours Farms from Washington to Southern California By Lauren Moore, Assistant Public Affairs Specialist Skip Mead (left) and Administrator Dolcini (right) check the wheat quality of…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…equipment. “If they can learn how to shear sheep correctly, it’s a great little business to get into,” Harper said. The need for skilled sheep shearers in California and other…
Citrus Crop Forecast has No Changes
Mark Hudson, USDA/National Agriculture Statistics Service, from Washington, D.C. issued the June citrus crop forecast. There were no changes reported for California citrus, but Florida had a slight increase reported…
Nobody Exempt from ACP Quarantines
…moved from Southern California that dug up his two citrus trees to plant here without us knowing that,” Kinoshita said. The precautions that are in place from quarantine protocols aim…
Farming from the Heart- Cal Poly Loggers
Last Saturday Corryn stopped by Big Creek Lumber in Paso Robles, California to talk to the Cal Poly Logging Team about their sport. This fun interview shed light on how…
DIY Potting Mix
…soil amendment) The trick to make a good but inexpensive potting mix is using things that perform multiple functions. Video from: California Gardening A great potting mix using coco coir,…
Crop Production Report
…a yield of 3.12 tons per acre. Dried Plum (Prunes) – California’s 2016 prune production forecast is 45.0 thousand dried tons, down 55 percent from the revised 100 thousand tons…
The California Kitchen: Mushroom Vichyssoise
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing mushroom vichyssoise with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 1 Onion 1 Carrot 1 Celery 2…
Drought Alert: Call to Re-examine ‘Harmful Actions’
As the state continues to struggle with drought, a group of California lawmakers are taking to task a move to even further reduce water to parts of the state….
Officials Say No Link between California Cage laws, Nevada Poultry Sales Increase
…if the California cage laws spurred increased poultry sales for Nevada. California voters passed Proposition Two in 2008, requiring that each egg-laying hen have at least 116 square inches to…
Almond Board: Nominate Someone for the Leopold Conservation Award
The Almond Board is encouraging growers to nominate themselves or someone they know for the Leopold Conservation Award. Almond Board Manager, Industry Communications, Carissa Sauer tells us more about the…
New Facility Proves HLB/ACP Seriousness
An image of the planned biosafety-level 3 plant facility in Riverside. A joint effort is bringing an Asian citrus psyllid and huanglongbing specific research facility to Southern California. California Citrus…
Psyllid Quarantines Affecting Bottom Line
…be moving leaf trash around the state.” Kinoshita says there is an extra cost to get fruit cleared for shipment and southern California growers who send their crop out of…