Adult Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama. Photograph by Douglas L. Caldwell, University of Florida. The Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner’s office is announcing that a single Asian citrus psyllid (ACP)…
World Ag Expo Presents Valley Children’s Hospital with $36,350 Check
…Children’s Hospital, will help us continue our journey to become the nation’s best children’s hospital in 2016.” The new $30,000 Tundra truck, won by Oscar Gonzalez of Fresno on the…
Workshop Explains Soil Water Tension Importance
…predict irrigations and save in the long run. The Center for Irrigation Technology at California State University of Fresno held an irrigation workshop for citrus and grapes last week, looking…
Processing Tomato Report
…contracted acreage. Fresno County remains the top California County in contracted planted acreage for 2015 with 91,000 acres. Yolo, Kings, San Joaquin, and Merced make up the remaining top five…
Central Valley ACP Update
…Valley citrus growers to attend the Citrus Growers Education Seminar in Exeter on July 1. There have been no Asian citrus psyllid finds the past six weeks in Fresno, Madera…
S&W Seed Company to Participate in the 2015 World Seed Congress
…Company Founded in 1980, S&W Seed Company is a global agricultural company, headquartered in Fresno, California. The Company’s vision is to be the world’s preferred proprietary seed company that supplies…
FID: “No ‘Regular’ Farm Water Deliveries To Be Made”
For what is believed to be the first time ever in Fresno’s 145-year surface irrigation history or the Fresno Irrigation District’s 95 years of service, no regular surface water deliveries…
Almond Update: Almond Sustainability Tour
…zone, thus allowing for precise timing and rate of irrigation. This year the tour was in Western Fresno County, and hosted by Dennis Jizmejian with Bill Diedrich Farms. Jizmejian is…
Grower Frustrated with Misinformation about Almonds
California’s almond industry has taken a hit in the media and online in social media. Western Fresno County almond grower and fifth-generation California farmer, Dennis Jizmejian, says he’s frustrated by…
Importance of Sanitation for Navel Orangeworm
…almond field day in Fresno County. Cooperative Extension Pomology Nut Crop Farm Advisor David Doll reminded growers of the importance sanitation in an effective pest management program for navel orangeworm….
State Board Discusses Drought
…CSBFA met and heard from farmers and other concerned citizens in Fresno yesterday. The centralized location brought in citizens from several areas, who were able to ask the board what…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in San Benito County
…to San Benito County, ACP quarantines are now in place in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura, and portions of Fresno, Kern, Madera,…
Fresno Drought Forum is an Opportunity for Agriculture
…will be hosting a drought forum at the Big Fresno Fair (10 am-1 pm) to to hear from California’s farmers, ranchers, farm workers, and other community stakeholders on the impacts…
Western View: The Almondnac
…like Bonomi. He’s a second-generation almond grower who is making a life and building a heritage on 60 acres of sandy loam south of Fresno. Working closely with his father,…