…“From the small producer looking to market a few head of cattle to the large packer managing risk exposure, LMR provides critical market intelligence,” said Greg Ibach, Under Secretary for…
Research Reveals a New Direction for Halting the Citrus Greening Epidemic
…effects of exposure to CLas, and their nuclei rarely reach the same level of disruption. This means CLas cannot enter psyllid gut cells to multiply. The next step will be…
USDA Provides Funds to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…Giant African snail: $1,643,151 to support ongoing eradication efforts in Florida; Agriculture Detector Dog Teams: $4,835,000 to programs in California and Florida to enhance package inspections; Grapes: $851,184 to enhance…
Preparing for Autumn and Winter Gardening
…trees. It’s a glorious season for bigtime production, much of which can be stowed away for eating over winter. This is also the right time for grapes. I’m Cathy Isom……
Full 2016 Crop Year Report, Including Ag Exports
…vegetables and two-thirds of the country’s fruits and nuts are grown in California. California’s top-10 valued commodities for the 2016 crop year are: Dairy Products, Milk — $6.07 billion Grapes…
UCR Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Pollinator Health
…inadequate bee nutrition, pesticide exposure, and parasites. “Determining whether recommended pollinator-friendly practices are successfully improving bee health and crop pollination will have important outcomes for farm managers deciding whether to…
Final Grape Crush Up Slightly Over Last Season
…2016. Average prices for the 2017 crop by type were as follows: red wine grapes, $965.54, up 5.1 percent from 2016; white wine grapes, $587.73, down 1.8 percent from 2016;…
Monsanto Faces Cancer Claims in California Court
…sufficient evidence to support the lawsuits’ claim that exposure to Roundup can cause non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The California court will be presiding over more than 300 lawsuits against Monsanto filed by…
Wenger Headlines California State Fair Award Recipients
…Ranch for their consistency in producing grapes that have contributed to wine of superior quality and marketability within the commercial wine arena. A new wine award was established for 2018…
Sonoma County Sustainability Program Close to Achieving Goal
…produced with Sonoma County grapes is done so using sustainable practices. Starting with the 2017 vintage, there are already 24,000 cases of Sonoma County wine bearing the new logo signifying…
2017 California Winegrape Crush Size Confirms Grape Supply Stability
…tons of table type grapes along with 94,268 tons of raisin type grapes were crushed, bringing the total California grape crush, of all types, to 4,233,288 tons, a meager 0.4%…
Few Moments Wasted as Thousands Make Memories at Cattle Industry Convention
…where his family has lived for more than 125 years. They have a yearling stocker and an Angus-based commercial cow-calf operation, and also farm wine grapes on their 22,000 acre…
Sunpreme Raisins Show Quality Yields with Less Labor
…2018 San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium in Easton. “Sunpreme” grapes dry naturally on the vine, eliminating the costly pre-harvest step of cutting the canes (branches) to speed up drying. (Photo…
Natural Disasters Cost the Ag Industry Over $5 Billion in 2017
…of unharvested Cabernet grapes to wildfires. The value of the grapes that were tainted by smoke is estimated to be $29 million. Cherimoya fruit damaged by fire in Santa Barbara…