…EPA have worked together to harmonize their standards under this program. The agencies have worked closely with the State of California’s Air Resources Board in developing and finalizing the standards….
The California Kitchen: Crispy Eggplant Parmesan
…Flour 1 Egg wash Breadcrumb 1 Cup Tomato Sauce 1 Onion ½ Cup Parm Cheese To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
From: UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences (California Water Blog) by Josué Medellín-Azuara, Duncan MacEwan, Richard E. Howitt, Daniel A. Sumner, and Jay R. Lund The drought continues for California’s…
Ranchers, Loggers Express Concerns About Forest Plans
…tree mortality California is experiencing. It also says the draft environmental impact statement fails to discuss California’s declining biomass power plant industry. Without these power plants, it says, wood waste…
Crop Production Forecast
…2015. Grapes – California’s wine type grape production is forecast at 3.90 million tons, up 5 percent from 2015, and represents 57 percent of California’s total grape crop. California’s raisin…
The California Kitchen: Tomato Sauce
…Pureed Tomatoes Dried Thyme Bay Leaves Garlic Cloves Cilantro Stems Peppercorns Crushed Sugar Pork Bones To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…was a little bit more stable,” he said. “We didn’t have all the earlier varieties of grapes starting up, so everybody just methodically went from one crop to another.” Another…
Table Olive Forecast for 2016
The 2016 California table olive forecast is 65,000 tons, down 17 percent from last year’s crop of 78,000 tons, according to a survey conducted by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics…
California’s Agricultural Vision – Help Shape the Future
Nearly eight years ago, the California State Board of Food and Agriculture began a strategic planning process for the state’s agriculture and food system that ultimately led to California Agricultural…
USDA to Approve Non-Browning GM Apple Variety
…or organic varieties. APHIS received thousands of comments on the two varieties of apples that had been approved earlier for commercialization, and many were negative. However, Duarte Nursery of California…
The California Kitchen: Hollandaise Sauce
…Garlic Chili Powder Cayenne Pepper Salt/Pepper To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Hollandaise Sauce For this and many more of…
Fertilizer Research and Education Grant Funding
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting proposals for a 2016 special grant program for fertilizer research and education. This competitive…
Two More Trees Identified HLB-Positive
The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program says two additional trees have tested HLB-positive in Southern California. The trees were not in close proximity to each other; however, both are…
Almond Update: Almond Irrigation Calculator
Irrigation timing can be crucial for almond growers, and to help growers determine optimum irrigation schedules the Almond Board of California worked with irrigation experts to create an online tool…