Ag producers in the Golden State’s major production area are preparing for a potential freeze event – part of a nationwide cold snap. Rod Bain has the story. californias-central-valley…
Record Yields Leading to Storage Crunch
…on the rise, and storage shortages have been widely reported across the Western Corn Belt, and Central and Southern Plains regions. The report notes that storage tightness could persist through…
Cost Studies for Growing Plums and Raisins in SJV
…Market Plums in the San Joaquin Valley – South – 2016 Sample Costs to Establish a Vineyard and Produce DOV Raisins (OGTS) in the San Joaquin Valley – 2016 Sample…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…water supplies from the Colorado River and have adequate supplies. Farther north, however, it’s a different story. “The Central Valley used to be a lot bigger deal than what it…
Stink Bug Could Infest by the Tens of Thousands
…Central Valley, a lot of crops could be simply overtaken. “If that happens, it could come into the pistachio orchards not just by the thousands, but by the tens of…
The Western View: Escaping to Morro Bay
We’ve been talking about favorite places to go that are within a day’s drive of the central valley. Morro Bay has to be on that list. And we’re heading there,…
More Cattle Culling Planned in Canada Amid Bovine TB
…organism found so far in the probe is different from strains previously discovered in Canada. It is, however, “closely related” to a strain originating from cattle in central Mexico in…
State Water Project Starts at 20 Percent
…acre-foot capacity and 70 percent of its historical average for the date. Shasta Lake north of Redding, California’s and the federal Central Valley Project’s (CVP) largest reservoir, was holding 2,896,484…
Central Valley Supports Food Supply Chains
California’s Central Valley joins national network U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced three new public-private partnerships that will create economic opportunities in Elgin, Texas; Fresno, Calif.; and Chicago. The Food…
California County Farm Bureaus Earn National Recognition
…their program ideas at the AFBF Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show, Jan. 6-11 in Phoenix. The Fresno County Farm Bureau was selected for its Valley’s Gold television program. The…
Christmas Tree Promotion Board Members Named
…2 – Central Region; and James E. Rockis, of Morgantown, W.Va., representing Region 3 – Eastern Region. Each will serve a 3-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2017 and ending Dec….
CAWG Elects New Board Members
…out after nine years are John Duarte, Duarte Vineyards, Hughson; Dennis Wittchow, Lent-Burden Farming, Inc., Oakdale; and Bill Pauli, Pauli Ranch, Potter Valley. CAWG provides industry leadership to advocate for…
More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California
…are located in ten counties in the southern and central Sierra Nevada region. The Forest Service also identified increasing mortality in the northern part of the state, including Siskiyou, Modoc,…
Regional Psyllid Quarantines Still a Possibility
…those areas, let’s say from the desert to the valley, they’re gonna have to do mitigation to the fruit to make sure ACP aren’t being moved from one location to…