…becomes infected, the diseased tree will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a…
AgNeTVideo: Danielle Veenstra on Honey Bee Management Practices
Danielle Veenstra with the Almond Board of California discusses Best Management Practices for honey bees during pollination….
AgNeTVideo: Ag in the Classroom
Stephanie Etcheverria with the California Foundation for Ag in the Classroom tells us about the foundation and how teachers and others can help students learn about agriculture….
AgNeTVideo: Dave Downing of ADAMA Talks About Voxien
Dave Downing, Brand leader for ADAMA, discusses Voxien Formulation of products available to California producers….
Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss CDFA’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is developing a new program, the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program, authorized by the Budget Act of 2014 (Chapter 25, Statutes…
FFA Report from Tulare FFA
Julia Pitman, Tulare FFA Julia Pitman with Tulare FFA has this week’s FFA report. Tulare FFA Report…
Secretary Ross Joins Ag in the Classroom “Teach the Teachers’ Event
…Cruz. The picture depicts the impacts of forests, showing that they help provide housing. (Courtesy CDFA) More than 220 California educators and volunteers attended an annual California Agriculture in the…
Irrigation Trial Covered at Nut Conference
A current almond orchard water trial in several areas of California focuses on deficit irrigation. Irrigation Trial Covered at Nut Conference Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Blake Sanden says the trial…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Santa Clara County
…fruit until it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County. This plant disease does…
School Lunches: “California Thursdays” Project Launch Follows Success of National School Lunch Week
…today (October 23) with “California Thursdays,” a partnership at schools throughout the state seeking to serve more healthy, freshly prepared, California-grown fruits and vegetables in cafeterias. The project is a…
Almond Board: Water Issues Lead to High Salinity
…and prior testing of a water source needs to be done. Doll advises growers to continue a leaching program even when rain storms come. Visit the Almond Board of California….
PMA Fresh Summit Attracts Record Number of Farmers, Sellers, Buyers
…Silbermann offers great insights in this lively and pointed discussion, in the midst of the 2014 PMA Summit held in Anaheim, California, this week. Silbermann on changes in produce business…
AgNeTVideo: Paul Wenger on Proposition 1
California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger tells us why he’s voting yes for Proposition 1 and says we should, too….
AgNeTVideo: Paul Wenger Visits AgNet West Booth to Discuss Props 1 and 2
California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger stopped by the AgNet West booth at the 2014 CAPCA convention to speak with Farm News Director Sabrina Hill about two important propositions on…