…Reporting The East San Joaquin County Water Quality Coalition has an April 1 deadline to submit nitrogen reporting for the ILRP. Stanislaus County Farm Bureau Executive Director Wayne Zipser says…
Fresno County District 4 Citrus Bloom
Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, Les Wright has announced that the citrus bloom period for District 4 will start at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, March 28, 2016. All citrus growers, pest…
Milk Production to Increase Outside CA
…of the producers that came from Chino or wherever and bought two or three thousand acres of land in Tulare County, found out that they could plant almonds or walnuts…
LBAM Quarantine Change
The Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine regulatory constraints are being lifted in the Oxnard area of Ventura County and the Linden area of San Joaquin County based on the life…
Napa’s New Winery Compliance Rules Preceding Strict Enforcement
…phase will require all wineries to report their annual production and grape sourcing data to the County. To properly ascertain this data the County will evaluate a winery’s production reports…
2016 Central Coast Wine Competition Taking Entries
…Mid-State Fair, Contra Costa County Fair, Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo, Monterey County Fair, San Benito County Fair, Santa Barbara County Fair and the Ventura County Fair….
Kern County Citrus Bloom Announced
Kern County Agricultural Commissioner, Ruben J. Arroyo, announced that at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, March 27, 2016 is the date establishing the 10% bloom stage for all citrus North of 7th…
First Group Testing ILRP Nitrogen Reporting
…San Joaquin County Water Quality Coalition will be the guinea pig, so to speak, for nitrogen reporting with the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP). Stanislaus County Farm Bureau Executive Director…
Sustainable Groundwater Management Planning Grants
…groundwater sustainability through policy and technical refinement. Mendocino County plans to use the funds for the initial groundwater sustainability plan development, and Kings County’s proposal will include developing a groundwater…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
Of 12 crops examined in Yolo County, walnuts are most vulnerable, while processing tomatoes and alfalfa acreage may increase due to warmer winters. In an effort to forecast how climate…
Water Allocations Increased Again
…Island. Bradford Island is on the center right and Jersey Island in the right lower corner. The upper left is Solano County with the city of Rio Vista on the…
Farmers Discuss Issues at State Capitol
Colusa County rice farmer Chris Torres, left, and Lake County Farm Bureau Executive Director Brenna Sullivan discuss issues important to California agriculture with Assemblymember Bill Dodd, D-Napa, right, during a…
Agri View: Real Horse Power
…it reached an all-time high of 26.4 million animals in 1918. Agricultural colleges, county agents, and tractor manufacturers spent the next 20 years urging farmers to buy tractors and get…
Fresno’s National Ag Week and Nutrition Month
Today, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors proclaimed March 14-18, 2016, to be National Agriculture Week, and the month of March 2016 to be Nutrition Month in Fresno County. National…