…1:00 to 3:00 p.m. County of Ventura UC Cooperative Extension 669 County Square Dr. California Conference Rooms A & B Ventura, CA 93003 Tulare – June 26, 2014 1:00 to…
Consumer Preference Affecting Potato Industry
…growers from all over North America came to the Kern County potato varietal field day in Bakersfield. Participants like Texas A&M Professor of Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Creighton Miller…
Testing New Potato Varieties
…Drought Task Force Kicks Off Meetings UCCE Kern County Farm Advisor Joe Nunez say this yearly event allows breeders to come see how their seeds grow in Kern County. California…
FSA County Committee Nomination Period Opens Sunday, June 15
The election of responsible agricultural producers to FSA county committees is important to ALL farmers and ranchers with large or small operations. It is crucial that every eligible producer take…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…are for dust control. One is in Madera County, and one is in the Klamath area. Some EWP drought funds are still available in state,” he noted. “In addition to…
Santa Cruz County Crop Report
…in Santa Cruz Co. Santa Cruz County has released its latest crop report, and it shows that organic production is on the rise in the county. For 2013, there were…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…away the most difficult year they have ever seen in our business.” A backhoe removes a 12-year-old Valencia orange tree at a Kern County grove owned by John Gless, left….
Weekly Crop Update
…Counties, the harvest continued for radishes, broccoli, onions, garlic and other vegetables to be sold at farmer’s markets. In Imperial County the harvest continues for sweet corn, melons, and watermelon….
Proposed Expansion of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary
For Torrance area, Los Angeles County. Effective June 10, 2014, the Department is expanding the Los Angeles County Quarantine Boundary for Grids 469 and 470. A map of the proposed…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…northwest of the community of Ivanhoe in Tulare County. This brings the total quarantine area in Tulare County to 856 square miles. The new quarantine zone measures 110 square miles…
CA Citrus Could Go Back to China
…County, where they will visit packinghouses and groves. China stopped accepting citrus from California just over a year ago, citing worries about the citrus disease brown rot. China was the…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…Imperial and Riverside Counties in June. Results will be included in the next report. Beet Leafhopper Spring Adult Kern County There were a few areas of concern in Kern County…
Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins Sunday, June 15, 2014. “County committees…
Costa Announces $6.3 Million in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants
…Reach C2 lies outside the service area of both Cawelo and North Kern, overlying a portion of regional groundwater basin that is lesser quality due to past industrial practices in…