…Director California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Assemblyman Rudy Salas and more about the importance of SpraySafe and its objective to protect farm workers and the public from pesticide exposure. The…
Western View: The Persistent Pecan
Len Wilcox explains how this humble nut is a symbol of California Agriculture. Pecans Recently I got to write an article that shows what’s so great about California agriculture. It’s…
Poor Diets Lead to Unhealthy Bees
…Honey bees need a variety of different pollens to keep them healthy these days that isn’t happening. University of California Davis Extension Apiculturist Emeritus Eric Musson says with all the…
Nationwide USDA Organic Survey Underway
…practices, to income and expenses. It also focuses on the future of organic production by including producers transitioning to certified organic agriculture. Producers who receive the Organic Survey are encouraged…
Farm Bill and ARC/PLC Decision Aid Tool Workshops
…workshops will assist producers in understanding available options and will provide an overview of the use of web-based decision tools in the ARC/PLC election process. The online tools for producers…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…pool may also emphasize expected benefits to historically underserved producers, veterans, and organic producers. Applications in the fields of economics and sociology as they relate to natural resources are also…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Detection in Tulare County Expands Quarantine Into Fresno County
…once in California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County. This plant disease does not affect human health. Residents in the area who…
International Center for Water Technology receives up to $1.12M grant
…campus that include the Center for Irrigation Technology, the California Water Institute and the Water, Energy and Technology Center. Fresno State is also a partner in the Blue-Tech-Valley initiative –…
WUD, NRCS, and Audubon California Working Together
…are excited and energized by this new opportunity to both protect a sensitive species, native to California, and increase sustainability for California’s dairy industry,” said NRCS State Conservationist Carlos Suarez….
Silicon Valley Bank Foresees Breakout Year Ahead for U.S. Fine Wine Business
…a percentage basis and SVB expects that this will continue for the foreseeable future given favorable quality and price dynamics relative to the fine wine growing regions in California. Read…
Red Palm Weevil Eradicated from California
…California. On October 15, 2010, APHIS confirmed the first U.S. detection of this pest in a Canary Island date palm tree stump in a residential area of Laguna Beach, California….
Western View: California Warming
…need to pay attention to this trend and be ready to adapt to a changing environment. Scientists with the University of California are beginning to study this problem and have…
UC Makes Gains in Rebuilding its Extension Service
…and a scientific explanation, he reached out to Katherine Pope, the new University of California Cooperative Extension orchard systems farm advisor in Yolo County. She had been on the job…
Use of Fumigant to Face Additional State Restrictions
…increase food production prices in California as opposed to our competitors.” Carolyn O’Donnell of the California Strawberry Commission described chloropicrin as “critical” to the control of certain soilborne pests, and…