…to the San Joaquin Valley each year. Managing Bloom Sprays Treating almond orchards for bloom-time pests, particularly diseases, is important, and fungicide applications are needed in many growing situations. Nevertheless,…
State Water Project Allocations Doubled
…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 2,690,554 acre-feet, 59 percent of…
Drought Beer
…remainder roughly split between Oregon and Idaho. Washington’s primary hops-growing area is the Yakima Valley, located in the Yakima River basin on the eastern (lee) side of the Cascade Mountains….
Western View: Riding the Blossom Trail
…located makes a difference on what is currently in bloom. It also affects when your blossom season will begin. Here in the central valley the blooms start at the southern…
Nigiri Project Mixes Salmon and Rice Fields
…river and Delta.” Floodplains a ‘bug buffet’ for salmon Born in the gravel of mountain streams, Central Valley salmon migrate to the ocean where they grow for one to three…
Irrigated Lands Regulatory Programs to be Discussed
…Mark Cowin, California Department of Water Resources; Stafford Lehr, California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Samuel Boland-Brien, SWRCB; Jeanne Chilcott, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; Dr. Charles Burt,…
CWT Assists with 2.1 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales
…(160 metric tons) of whole milk powder to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and South America. The product has been contracted for delivery in the period from…
Industry Gets White Rot Update
…in a field where th disease is present doesn’t work but there is promising bio-stimulant research being developed in Oregon and the Central Valley. Ehn says the bio-stimulant research uses…
Almond Board: More on AIM
…various ways the almond industry can help meet the California Central Valley’s exacting air quality standards. This initiative will identify alternatives that will result in cleaner air for all those…
National Almond Day
…per cent of the world’s almonds are now grown. Originally from central and southwest Asia, almonds became a staple food there that helped sustain the long journeys of nomadic tribes….
Agri View: El Niño Impact
…to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific. Typical El Niño effects are likely to develop over North America during the upcoming winter…
Options for Managing Vine Mealybug
…to three generations of vine mealybug per year, compared to five to seven in the lower San Joaquin Valley. •Table grapes have no allowance for mealybugs in the cluster, while…
UC Davis Hydrology Team Visits NRI Study Field
…fields and the longstanding NRI project field in Five Points as part of their reconnaissance survey tour of the San Joaquin Valley on Friday, February 5. The group visited cover…
CCM Responds to Introduction of Feinstein Water Bill
…for Central Valley Water Project water users, namely growers in the Friant service area. Challenges also persist in Southern California which requires attention at the federal level. “CCM was closely…









