From: UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences (California Water Blog) by Josué Medellín-Azuara, Duncan MacEwan, Richard E. Howitt, Daniel A. Sumner, and Jay R. Lund The drought continues for California’s…
Ranchers, Loggers Express Concerns About Forest Plans
…tree mortality California is experiencing. It also says the draft environmental impact statement fails to discuss California’s declining biomass power plant industry. Without these power plants, it says, wood waste…
Crop Production Forecast
…2015. Grapes – California’s wine type grape production is forecast at 3.90 million tons, up 5 percent from 2015, and represents 57 percent of California’s total grape crop. California’s raisin…
The California Kitchen: Tomato Sauce
…Pureed Tomatoes Dried Thyme Bay Leaves Garlic Cloves Cilantro Stems Peppercorns Crushed Sugar Pork Bones To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
After years of declining prices and reductions in acreage, California pear growers agree they have finally hit a sweet spot. They say the pear market has remained firm for several…
Table Olive Forecast for 2016
The 2016 California table olive forecast is 65,000 tons, down 17 percent from last year’s crop of 78,000 tons, according to a survey conducted by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics…
California’s Agricultural Vision – Help Shape the Future
Nearly eight years ago, the California State Board of Food and Agriculture began a strategic planning process for the state’s agriculture and food system that ultimately led to California Agricultural…
USDA to Approve Non-Browning GM Apple Variety
…or organic varieties. APHIS received thousands of comments on the two varieties of apples that had been approved earlier for commercialization, and many were negative. However, Duarte Nursery of California…
The California Kitchen: Hollandaise Sauce
…Garlic Chili Powder Cayenne Pepper Salt/Pepper To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Hollandaise Sauce For this and many more of…
Fertilizer Research and Education Grant Funding
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting proposals for a 2016 special grant program for fertilizer research and education. This competitive…
Two More Trees Identified HLB-Positive
The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program says two additional trees have tested HLB-positive in Southern California. The trees were not in close proximity to each other; however, both are…
Almond Update: Almond Irrigation Calculator
…to help. Grower Chuck Dirkse tells us about the almond irrigation calculator. Almond Update – Irrigation Calculator From the Almond Board: To help almond growers determine optimum irrigation schedules…
More About the Almond Alliance of CA
We’ve been discussing the new Almond Alliance of California. President Kelly Covello tells us more about the alliance and its recent transition from the Almond Hullers and Processors Association. More…
African leaders visit CDFA
…Mandela Washington Fellowship in July as part of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. For two of these young leaders, the trip to California also included a visit with CDFA’s…