…growers worry about having enough labor to harvest their crops, House speaker John Boehner has made it clear the House won’t pass the Senate’s immigration bill. The senate bill passed…
AFBF Statement on Judiciary Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
…whether foreign workers will grow and harvest our food. That is a matter of fact. It is about whether those foreign workers will tend crops here in the United States,…
CA Crops Different from Others
…is already over six feet tall and producing ears of corn nearly ready for harvest. He says his friends in different parts of the country almost don’t believe his crop…
Using Heat to Fight Pests
…growing season from bud to harvest. The technology is still relatively new, but has been in testing for a number of years. To see what the machine looks like, watch…
Vulcan Receives Reduced Signal Word
…About MANA MANA offers the most comprehensive and diversified product portfolio in the crop protection industry with more than 60 formulations of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators and harvest…
New Leader for Citrus Board
…on the annual citrus harvest. The Citrus Research Board administers the Citrus Research Program, a grower-funded and directed program established in 1968 under the California Marketing Act as the mechanism…
Asparagus Harvest Starting
It’s just about time for the spring asparagus harvest in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area. California grows more than 11,000 acres of asparagus every year, adding up to more than…
2012 CA Wine Grape Production
2012 was a good year for California wine grape growers. They crushed 4.01 million tons of grapes after the 2012 harvest, which sets a new record. The previous record was…
Biggest Tomato Crop in CA History?
…for the past 6 years the processing tomato harvest has produced between 12 to 13 million tons each year, making this year’s projected harvest closer to average. That’s good news…
Destructive Pest in California Desert
…tunneling and feeding on a palm tree. That’s what worries folks who sell palms and those who harvest the date palm crop. Jobs and millions of dollars are at stake….
Good Year for Olive Oil
…olives are harvested at varying degrees of ripeness to capture different flavors. Several farms and towns celebrate the olive oil harvest. In the Sonoma Valley, the festival is celebrated for…
CA Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting
…session by commenting on the freedoms Americans have, quoting Ronald Regan, and discussing hot topics such as taxes and timber harvest. He called for a fix for agriculture immigration, saying…
Good Year for Christmas Tree Harvest
The holidays are in full swing, and that means it’s Christmas Tree season. Sabrina Hill has more on this year’s harvest, and why some say live trees are better for…
California Egg Farmers File Lawsuit
…modifying their housing facilities before the law goes into effect January first, 2015. The lawsuit was filed in Nov. 19, in the Fresno County Superior Court. It stems from the…