…final contracted acreage. Fresno County remains the top California County in contracted planted acreage for 2014 with 90,000 acres. Yolo, Kings, San Joaquin, Merced, and Colusa County make up the…
Fresno County Fruit Trail Opening Day
This slideshow requires JavaScript. The 2014 Fresno County Fruit Trail officially opened , showing off some of it’s trail farm stores and their new additions….
California Weekly Wholesale Feedstuff Prices
…FOB Huller Fresno NA FOB Huller Kern County Sale May-Jul 198.00 no comp Delivered Modesto/Oakdale/Turlock NA Delivered Hanford/Tulare/Visalia 207.00-212.00 unch-up 2.00 Delivered Los Angeles 207.00 up 7.00-dn 8.00 NOTE: All…
FID’s Drought-Shortened Water Deliveries Will Begin June 1
Fresno Irrigation District Your Most Valuable Resource – Water This year’s severe drought conditions will result in the Fresno Irrigation District’s shortest water delivery service in 37 years. FID’s Board…
SJV Interactive Forum on Exporting Thursday
Amy Fuentes Dozens of representatives from food producers within the eight counties that make up the San Joaquin Valley will head to downtown Fresno Thursday for an Interactive Forum on…
AgNeTVideo: Fresno County Ag Commissioner on Pesticides Near Schools
Fresno County Agriculture Commissioner Les Wright reassures parents on agricultural pesticide use near schools. For more from Wright on the pesticide report, click here….
9 California Counties Make Top 10 List for Ag Sales in the U.S.
…of the every-five-year census.” The 2012 Census of Agriculture data show the following key trends for California. Ranked #1 in the U.S., agricultural sales in Fresno County were greater than…
New Report on Pesticide Use Gets Response From Agriculture
Les Wright Fresno County Ag Commissioner You may have heard something this week about a newly released report on pesticide use near schools, but unless you read or heard it…
Beet Curley Top Virus Update
Beet Leafhopper CDFA: BCTV Report for April 1-18, 2014, Fresno County At the end of March, a beet leafhopper (BLH) hatch had taken place in the Tumey Hills area, on…
Innovation Awards Return to Regional Food Show
…Expo website (www.fresnofoodexpo.com) or Facebook page (facebook.com/fresnofoodexpo) until July 22 at 5 p.m. Votes will be counted by the number of “Likes” on Facebook or emailed votes each product receives,…
CDFA Identifies ACP Quarantine Area in SLO County
…Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura and portions of Fresno, Kern and Tulare Counties. A total of more than 46,420 square miles are under quarantine. The ACP is an invasive…
Trent Loos Speaks on Agriculture Issues in California
Trent Loos Popular speaker and radio host Trent Loos spoke at the Ag Lenders Society of California annual meeting, held in Fresno this week. Trent Loos at Ag Lenders Meeting…
Students Plant Corn at Chukchansi Park
This slideshow requires JavaScript. The Center for Land Based Learning had a workshop for it’s FARMS Leadership program at Chukchansi park in Fresno. High school students learned how to plant…
Change in Policy on Fumigant Puts Farmers in Bind
…understanding that lesser amounts would subsequently be used so as not to exceed the averaged, 70-year limit. The affected areas are largely in Fresno, Tulare, Merced, Monterey, Ventura and Santa…