…market, with late varieties exported to Asia and Central America. The Valencia orange harvest accelerated. The Navel crop continued to mature with the warmer weather with some quality issues reported….
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…said Tim Mueller, owner of River Dog Farm in Capay Valley. “From the urban center to the rural areas, Market Match is a great way to get more dollars into…
New Website for Northern CA Producers
…UC Cooperative Extension orchard crop advisors in the Sacramento Valley are excited to announce the launch of our new website – the Sacramento Valley Orchard Source! This site will bring…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Pest Found in Monterey County
…Santa Barbara, up the central Valley from Bakersfield to Fresno, and there are spot infestations in many counties surrounding Monterey. All citrus and closely related species are susceptible hosts for…
FARMS Students Report on Agriculture
High school students get chance to be agriculture reporters for the day AgNet West and Clovis Grower Matt Efird worked with the FARMS Leadership program to show Central Valley students…
Dolcini Tours Farms
…located in Nyssa. The final stop on Dolcini’s trip was southern California where he visited Benson Farms and Sanchez Beekeeping operation in the Imperial Valley. At Benson Farms, Dolcini met…
Drought Alert: Call to Re-examine ‘Harmful Actions’
…that properly consider impacts on other endangered species and communities in the Central Valley and are ultimately consistent with the intended purpose of the Central Valley and State Water Projects.”…
Psyllid Quarantines Affecting Bottom Line
…Quarantines Affecting Bottom Line Asian citrus Psyllids continue to spread north up the state as Central Valley counties are reporting an increase in findings, often times just off of Highway…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…Foodbank, Grove City, Ohio, $100,000 South Central Community Action Programs, Inc., Gettysburg, Pa., $26,242 Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vt., $100,000 City of Madison, Madison, Wis., $93,055 Hunger Task Force,…
Create Apps for Agriculture
…when we mix developers from Silicon Valley and Southern California with agricultural experts from the Central Valley, coast and desert regions.” People who work in agriculture should bring ideas for…
Farming from the Heart- Salinas Valley Fair Champions
This is the third week Corryn has featured her Salinas Valley Fair interviews, but this time she is including her interviews she had with the Champions of each species. First…
Water Briefing Clarifies ‘Wet’ Winter
A water briefing in the Central Valley gave attendees an outline of how the water situation looks in California and clarified that the winter wasn’t as wet as some reports….
Analysis of California WaterFix Potential Effects
…the State Water Project, with coordinated operations for the Central Valley Project, for California WaterFix. The questions before the Board, defined by the members themselves in Part I of the…
ACP Quarantine Changes Not Favored by All
…them when to move their product. “There are just a handful of packing facilities south of the grapevine and the majority of them are here in the Central Valley,” Kinoshita…