…in the report. Report on Pesticide Use Response From Agriculture To view the California Environmental Health Tracking Program (CEHTP) webpage, please CLICK HERE. For the full report, please CLICK HERE….
Almond Board: Getting Important Irrigation Information
Bob Curtis In today’s Almond Board Update, Bob Curtis, Associate Director of Agriculture Affairs for the Almond Board of California, tells growers how to get important irrigation information. Getting Important…
Citrus Industry This Week: Coping with HLB; Thermotherapy; Labor Update
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes information from CRDF on greening, a report from the citrus thermotherapy field day and a labor update. Want to learn…
Funding For California Citrus Research Project
Funding from the USDA is headed to California for a research project to help fight the Asian citrus psyllid. Sabrina Hill has more. Bio-control funding The project is the use…
Full Interview: California Citrus Research Project Gets Funding
Ken Keck, CRB Funding from the USDA is headed to California for a research project to help fight the Asian citrus psyllid. The project is the use of a bio-control…
Video: Limiting Field Spread of Asian Citrus Psyllid
The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program asked AgNet West to share this video with you, in an effort to help stop the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid….
Subcommittee Examines Economic Factors, Regulatory Burdens Plaguing the Livestock Industry
…tired hands from working the fields may soon be standing in line at food banks to feed their families. As harmful as this drought is to California livestock, the fact…
Meeting to Focus on Future of CA Ag
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will discuss issues related to innovations, advancements and careers within the agricultural sector at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, May 6th at…
Upcoming Strawberry Field Day
The California Strawberry Commission is sponsoring a Strawberry field day at Manzanita Berry Farms in Santa Maria, May 7th. There will be a wide variety of presenters from UCCE Advisers…
Stinkwort Becoming a Growing Problem
University of California Cooperative Extension Advisors are warning growers to keep an eye out for the invasive weed called stinkwort. Researchers thought when this new weed showed up that it…
Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions
…called on all Californians to redouble their efforts to conserve water. “The driest months are still to come in California and extreme drought conditions will get worse,” said Governor Brown….
Additional Public Meeting Scheduled to Discuss CDFA’s New Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
SACRAMENTO, April 22, 2014 – Emergency drought legislation (SB 103) signed in March by Governor Brown allocates $10 million to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for on-farm…
Drought Brings New Attention to Groundwater
California Farm Bureau Federation Amid California’s deep drought, calls for strengthening groundwater management have gotten louder as water supplies have become tighter. Water experts say they anticipate policy debates on…
100% of California in Moderate to Exceptional Drought
The newest Drought Monitor Map was released today by the USDA with the following for California: D2 and D3 expanded in northern California and parts of southern Oregon, with D2…