…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…
USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2015
…in December. The interest rate for crop year commodity loans less than one year disbursed during January is 1.125 percent, unchanged from 1.125 percent in December. Interest rates for Farm…
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…
Western View: Your Phone is Your Partner
…spray logs with GPS location information and integrated weather data. Farmlogs is a complete farm management system which can be used from your phone, tablet or computer. It’s cloud based,…
Medfly Infestation Triggers Quarantine In Riverside County
…and nine larvae were detected between December 10 and 30th. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture…
Forecasted Cold Temps Fail to Materialize
…a few locations experienced short durations of cold temperatures requiring some form of frost protection.” In the San Joaquin Valley over 200,000 acres of citrus are farmed with the primary…
Pacific Region Poultry Report
California’s egg production during November totaled 360 million, down 15 million from October’s production and down 43 million from November 2013. The average number of layers during the month totaled…
Wasted Water Made 2014 Dry
Even in a dry year, the California water system was built to support the state’s agriculture. At the 2014 Almond conference California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike…
CA Citrus Growers Will Spend New Year’s Eve Protecting Crops
It could be a very long New Year’s eve for many citrus producers in California. Gary Crawford has more on the start of the freeze watch. California Citrus Growers Bracing…
CDFA Accepting Concept Proposals for 2015 Fertilizer Research and Education Grants
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting concept proposals for the 2015 grant cycle. FREP’s competitive grant program funds research that…
San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium Jan. 7
Grape growers from around California are invited to the annual San Joaquin Valley Grape Symposium, coming up on January 7. Sabrina Hill has all the details on this year’s event….
Immigration Reform and California Agriculture
There are more than 81,000 farms in California, making it the number-one state in agricultural production in the country, with more than $33 billion in revenue annually. That’s why farmers…