…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…
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…
Subcommittee Examines Economic Factors, Regulatory Burdens Plaguing the Livestock Industry
…Ranch, Selma, California; on behalf of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Mr. William P. Roenigk, Senior Vice President and Economist, National Chicken Council, Washington, D.C. Mr. Clint Krebs, President, American…
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…
National Watermelon Association Promoting Consistent Bin Design
Watermelons in a box The National Watermelon Association is urging retailers, shippers and paper companies to replace existing watermelon bins with a new preprint bin aimed at a consistent look…
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.” During the workshop, Tim Quinn of the Association of California Water Agencies and David Orth of the Kings River Conservation District stressed that proposals for improved groundwater management are…
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…
Bayer CropScience Celebrating Bee Care Center Grand Opening
…Park, North Carolina, however, the research conducted there will benefit agriculture worldwide. Especially here in California where we have so many crops that rely on bees for pollination. President and…