…mite population, there’s a new mite causing problems in some areas. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open or download audio report For Mattock’s comments on mites in almonds, click here….
Big Mite Problem This Year in Some Areas
…mites, and spray early is a problem is suspected. For more of Mattock’s comments, click the links below. Pacific mites in almonds Chemical shortage problem More on chemical shortage problem…
Costa: House Fails Rural America and Consumers
…funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Costa also offered an amendment that would create a pilot program to help rural municipalities address nitrate contamination in their drinking water…
California Ag Labor and Immigration
California farmers are facing another labor shortage this year, and earlier in the season. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open or download audio report Russel Efird grows grapes, almonds, and…
Battling Navel Orangeworm in Almonds
Is the May spray enough to protect your almond orchard? Sabrina Hill has advice from an expert. Click to open or download audio report IPM Specialist Walter Bentley spoke to…
Nitrogen and Almond Hull Rot
UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor and Director Brent Holtz spoke to almond growers this week on the topic of hull rot. Sabrina Hill has more on what he had to…
Irrigation and Almond Hull Rot
Changing irrigation routines can help growers battle hull rot in almonds, according to several studies. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to open or download audio report As California’s almond orchards…
AgNeTVideo: Fresh from D’Vine
We talk with Frank Devine of Fresh From D’Vine Produce Stand in Salinas. Click here for the Fresh From D’Vine Facebook page….
Preventing Navel Orangeworm in Almonds
Almond growers should take steps now to prevent a big problem with Navel Orangeworm this year. Sabrina Hill talks with UC Nut Advisor Dr. Gurreet Brar. Click to Open or…
Ag Producers and Social Media
…for California Bountiful. With more than 3,000 followers on his business facebook page alone, he knows a bit about social media marketing. Hear more of McShane’s comments below. Click to…
Update on Senate Farm Bill Debate
…nutrition entitlement programs and establish a nutrition assistance block grant program. Amendment 931 Rejected To strike a reduction in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, with an offset that limits crop…
Specialty Crops Continue Strong Momentum in House Ag. Committee Farm Bill
…Coordinated Plant Management Program funded at $62.5 million in FY2014-2017 and $75 million in FY2018 • Market Access Program and Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops fully funded at 2008 Farm…
Costa Supports Advancing the Farm Bill, Calls for House Action
…Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but we are moving this process forward. There is too much good in this bill to let it die before it is heard on the…
Opening Statement of Chair. Frank D. Lucas Committee on Agriculture To Consider the 2013 Farm Bill
…of agriculture. Additionally, we make an unprecedented level of investment in specialty crops both in the horticulture title and the research title. And finally, we provide disaster assistance to our…