…1:00 to 3:00 p.m. County of Ventura UC Cooperative Extension 669 County Square Dr. California Conference Rooms A & B Ventura, CA 93003 Tulare – June 26, 2014 1:00 to…
Consumer Preference Affecting Potato Industry
…growers from all over North America came to the Kern County potato varietal field day in Bakersfield. Participants like Texas A&M Professor of Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Creighton Miller…
USDA and Farm Bureau Co-host Meetings to Answer Farm Bill Questions
…on June 24th, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at Farm Bureau, 475 Palora Ave. Fresno on June 25th, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at Farm Bureau, 1274 W. Hedges Ave. The four…
Testing New Potato Varieties
…Drought Task Force Kicks Off Meetings UCCE Kern County Farm Advisor Joe Nunez say this yearly event allows breeders to come see how their seeds grow in Kern County. California…
FSA County Committee Nomination Period Opens Sunday, June 15
The election of responsible agricultural producers to FSA county committees is important to ALL farmers and ranchers with large or small operations. It is crucial that every eligible producer take…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…are for dust control. One is in Madera County, and one is in the Klamath area. Some EWP drought funds are still available in state,” he noted. “In addition to…
Santa Cruz County Crop Report
…in Santa Cruz Co. Santa Cruz County has released its latest crop report, and it shows that organic production is on the rise in the county. For 2013, there were…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…enough water to keep their trees alive. In the prime citrus-growing region of Terra Bella, which is nestled just below the foothills in eastern Tulare County, growers face the harsh…
Two CA Water Districts to Benefit from Grants
…Banking Program comes from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and will allow the Fresno Irrigation District to develop a new 60-acre groundwater recharge basin as part of the District’s Southwest…
Weekly Crop Update
…expected to begin earlier than normal. Walnut growers set out husk fly traps and monitored for coddling moths. Pistachio nuts continued to develop. Vegetables around the state: In Fresno and…
Proposed Expansion of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary
For Torrance area, Los Angeles County. Effective June 10, 2014, the Department is expanding the Los Angeles County Quarantine Boundary for Grids 469 and 470. A map of the proposed…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…northwest of the community of Ivanhoe in Tulare County. This brings the total quarantine area in Tulare County to 856 square miles. The new quarantine zone measures 110 square miles…
CA Citrus Could Go Back to China
…County, where they will visit packinghouses and groves. China stopped accepting citrus from California just over a year ago, citing worries about the citrus disease brown rot. China was the…
Funding Boost for Groundwater Banking Program
…Program. The funding, which comes from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, will allow the Fresno Irrigation District (FID) to develop a new 60 acre groundwater recharge basin as part of…