…San Luis Obispo Viticulture Farm Advisor Mark Battany blogged about identifying vine mealybug in vineyards. The bug is an emerging problem for grape growers and he says it continues to…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…in the pre- and post-harvest food production environment. Design innovative training, education, and outreach resources (including web-based resources) that can be adapted by users across the food chain, including policy…
Home-Made Fertilizer
…young and old how to maintain their kitchen gardens and how to help their kitchen gardens provide a bountiful harvest of healthy, delicious and really fun to grow (and eat)…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…survey in order to fine-tune the estimate and better predict the harvest flow to market. Pre-season estimates for 2016 indicate a crop volume of approximately 392 million pounds. The survey…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…access to commercial storage or on-farm storage after harvest. These producers can invest in equipment like conveyers, scales or refrigeration units and trucks that can store commodities before delivering them…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…husks of corn plants following harvest) pictured above can be converted to biofuels as well as high-value products such as plastics, chemicals, and fertilizers. Image courtesy of Energy.gov. Biomass is…
Garden by the Moon
It seems more gardeners are turning to the moon for advice on the best time to plant, prune, weed, and harvest. Cathy Isom fills us in on what you should…
Farm Camp
…Holsteins and harvest carrots. The seven options below, which range from half-day sessions to week-long sleep-away adventures, represent the best of the farm set. Riverton, Utah Day campers care for…
Agri View: Robot Tractors and Agriculture
…new world of driverless cars, driverless tractors and other agricultural robots will, in the not too distant future, harvest the food we put on our kitchen tables. In fact, agricultural…
Agri View: Peanut Butter
…say strawberry jam is favorite (grape is 31%); favorite bread is white bread (54%); favorite type of peanut butter is smooth (56%) and a whopping 80 % like their PB…
CA Ag Contributes to Food Banks
…reimbursement for harvesting costs. This makes Farm to Family a solution for farmers in addition to benefiting families who may be in need of a little help putting nutritious food…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…water deliveries is complicated, said Lange, who grows citrus, olives and grapes. “It takes a small army to manage water efficiently—everything is being captured and recycled, there are continual calculations…
Agri View: Pistachio Status
…this seed kernel is what actually edible “pistachio nut”. Each season, the tree bears heavy clusters of fruits which appear somewhat like that of a grape bunch. On its exterior,…
CA Grape Acreage Report
…California grape growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide annual grape acreage with information on new plantings and removals. It is a continuation of a long series of…