…sensitive sites, the Monterey County pilot project will enhance access to information related to pesticide use in the general vicinity of schools. Three Pajaro Valley Unified District schools – Ohlone…
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
Nation’s Largest Regional Food Show Garners International and Domestic Attention for Central California’s Diverse, Quality Foods Buyers and food enthusiasts travel from across the World and U.S. to discover Central…
China Pig Prices Reaching Near Record Levels amid Flooding
…consumers and farmers in the country are increasing slaughter, including animals that aren’t fat enough, after floods in China’s central and south regions, according to Bloomberg. Pig prices may surpass…
Scope of New Olive Disease
…Sacramento Valley, right now we have not yet detected it on table olives although I do have some samples getting looked at. In the oil olives, the symptoms are very…
Western View: Owens Valley Lessons
This summer we’ve been talking about places to go within a day’s travel of the central valley. We’ve talked about some great places, but today I’d like to introduce you…
Farming Game Story
…a hay field just as the sun was coming up in early July 1979. George Rohrbacher, a rancher from Central Washington State, was driving that tractor. He and his wife…
New Oil Olive Disease in California?
…trees reported in the San Joaquin Valley with severe decline and defoliation,” Lightle says. “Looking into that, we were able to isolate a new pathogen that we haven’t yet seen…
California Citrus Challenges: Water Tops HLB
…psyllids are detected sporadically in the San Joaquin Valley — home to most California oranges and mandarins — and are endemic in Southern California lemon country. But as far as…
Greenhouse Opens, Aids ACP Fight
…Joaquin Valley citrus grower. “While biological control is not a silver bullet, it helps lower populations of the Asian citrus psyllid, thus limiting the opportunities for Huanglongbing to spread. As…
UCCE Helps Hmong Farmers Weather Drought
…how to evaluate soil moisture with a soil sampler. In the center is UCCE Hmong ag assistant Michael Yang. After the Central Valley Hmong Agriculture radio show last week, the…
Tomato growers reduce acreage to match markets
…California fields longer, he noted. The earliest reports of Race 3 showing up in the Central Valley were about four years ago, and since then, the pathogen has been identified…
Summit Opens Eyes to Agriculture in Communities
…we have agriculture here. We have some of the greatest farmers and vintners right here in the Salinas Valley,” Gunter says. “This event opens up the eyes of the world…
National Tequila Day
…from the blue agave plant, tequila has a deep and storied history. Named after the small town of Tequila in a valley west of Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico, the spirit…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…Central Valley prove this rationale wrong, Mitchell said. The farm visits were sponsored by the UC Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation Center (CASI), USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the California…