…The National Weather Service has issued multiple winter storm warnings for several areas of the state. Chris Sayer from Petty Ranch in Ventura County said they are expecting a significant…
Innovation Accelerator for the Wine Industry Coming to Sonoma County
Sonoma County Winegrowers (SCW) is establishing a new innovation accelerator to help the wine industry meet new challenges. The effort is known as Sonoma VITS (Vineyard Innovation Through Science). It…
Time is Running Out for Further Ag Order 4.0 Revisions
…be limited time to make any further changes. “It has to be adopted by early April, so we are running out of time,” said Norm Groot, Monterey County Farm Bureau…
Ag Order 4.0 Hearings Raise Concern Over Complexity of Compliance
…either for the individual option or the cooperative option, which is what we’re calling the third-party option at this point,” said Monterey County Farm Bureau Executive Directive Norm Groot. “I’m…
Week in Review: HLB Concerns in San Diego and Groups Challenge Emergency COVID Protocols
San Diego County reported its first confirmed presence of the bacteria that causes HLB in citrus. A group of industry organizations has filed suit against the emergency safety standards that…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 01-05-21
…First American Cotton Textile Manufacturers join the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and the first confirmed CLas-Positive ACP found in San Diego County. Tune in to the show for these news stories,…
CLas-Positive ACP Found in San Diego County
…the city of Fallbrook in San Diego County. Fallbrook is roughly about an hour south of the southern border of the current HLB quarantine region in Orange County. Under CDFA’s Citrus…
DPR Continues to Look at Potential Action on Soil Fumigants
…soil fumigants. We don’t necessarily disagree with that,” said Ruben Arroyo, Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner. “We did disagree with how this was going to be implemented, whether it was going…
Industry Groups Push Back on Emergency Safety Standards
…participating in the lawsuit, including the California Association of Winegrape Growers, Western Growers, California Business Roundtable, Ventura County Agricultural Association, California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF), and the Grower-Shipper Association of…
AB 1788 Guidance for New SGAR Restrictions
…county commissioners have been waiting for. DPR stated Under the amended law, prohibited uses include residential or home uses and most industrial and institutional uses. The guidance gives examples of prohibited uses in…
Federal Judge Rejects USDA Changes to H-2A Program
…H-2A Guestworker Program has been challenged with a preliminary injunction issued by a federal court in Fresno. The new regulation set to manage wages would have been effective come January…
Spray Safe Hopes to Go Virtual As Well
A major event to help protect pollinators and provide continuing education for applicators hopes to go virtual. The Spray Safe events that began in Kern County and have developed into…
BeeWhere Program Receiving Important Industry Support
…Food and Agriculture, the Commissioner system, the California Association of Pest Control Advisors, and the Beekeepers Association were all in favor and supported this program,” said Ruben Arroyo, Riverside County…
Farm Bureau Mourns Passing of Richard Rominger
Praising Richard Rominger for his devotion to California agriculture, California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson expressed sadness at Rominger’s passing. Rominger, a longtime Yolo County farmer and agricultural official, died…