…– 2015 California lemon forecast is 40.0 million cartons, up 5 percent from the October forecast and up 5 percent from last season’s final production. In California, lemon harvest was…
Experts Predict Growing Uncertainty for Water Supplies
…resources engineer for fish and wildlife.” Hall, who is based in Sacramento and works on California water issues, stressed the need for what he called integrated water management. “We want…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for Dairy Development Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting applications for the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP), authorized by the Budget Act of 2014. CDFA was…
ACP Quarantine in Madera County
…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 not affect…
San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Central Valley grape growers gathered in Easton this morning for updates and information on a variety of topics. University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources and…
Western View: The Bakersfield Sound
…and women who had made the trek to California during the dust bowl days. The Bakersfield sound music grew in back yards and honkytonks catering to the working man, then…
Hands-on Project Proving Beneficial to Bees
A program that started in Chico may be helping beekeepers reduce winter bee losses. Hands-on Project Proving Beneficial to Bees Honey bee tech transfer teams were tested in Northern California…
California Always Close to Drought Conditions
…many in California believe that storage needs to be added to the current water system. California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike Wade says the state will always…
Six Cold Nights do Little Damage to Citrus Crop
…protecting the citrus crop over the past six nights. Based on California agricultural statistics for the 2013-14 season, the California citrus industry represents $2.4 billion in value with another $1.75…
FFA Report: Sanger High
Talie Cloud, Sanger High FFA Talie Cloud of Sanger High FFA gives us this week’s Farm City Newsday FFA Report. FFA report for 01-02-15…
As of January 1: Cold Weather Not Damaging to State’s Citrus
…an opportunity to reduce expense as they prepared for the 14/15 winter nevertheless it is estimated that almost $5 million in fuel cost was incurred. Based on California agricultural statistics…
State Needs Multiple Wet Storms
…event that drenched northern California, California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike Wade told attendees at the Almond Conference that the state needs 10-20 of storms to get…