…from wherever, we are preventing that psyllid from hopping off … at a stop light or a stop sign in the middle of the Citrus Belt, Kern County or anywhere.”…
CA Farmers Monitor Storms’ Impact on Crops, Water
…to reach herds on horseback. Pear orchards in Lake County have been flooded. Citrus fruit harvest was temporarily delayed. The storms brought large amounts of rain to Santa Barbara County…
Grocery Industry Seeking to Reduce Consumer Confusion on Product Date Labels
…our customers can be confident in the product’s quality and safety,” said Joe Colalillo, president of ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc. and chairman and CEO of Wakefern Food Corp. “Food…
Coordinated ACP Management Meetings
…at 9 a.m. at the Porterville Veterans Memorial Building. The Kern County meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Kern County Agricultural Commissioner’s office in Bakersfield. Betts said that all…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…the county emergency contingency plan, which included mobile text alerts. Colleen Cecil, executive director of the Butte County Farm Bureau, said flooding was nothing out of the ordinary so far….
‘A Day Without Immigrants’ Impacting Agriculture
…the protests, with one source sharing that as many as 40 percent of workers were missing today. Some Ventura County, California, growers reported that approximately 50 percent of harvesting employees…
Winter Tree Damage
…November 7, 2012. Athena is the first named Noreaster ever as the naming convention has just begun. Location is Monmouth County, New Jersey. Photography ID: 15331559 Copyright: stevebonk/depositphotos (lower right/lower…
CDFA Selects Organizations to Provide Technical Assistance to SWEEP Applicants
…are: 1) Cachuma Resource Conservation District, Santa Maria 2) Ventura County Resource Conservation District 3) Butte County Resource Conservation District 4) University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno County 5) Resource…
“We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
…has been a member of numerous agriculture associations, including the Tulare County Farm Bureau’s Youth Leadership Program. “I am excited about my future in agriculture,” said Guthrie. “I have worked…
California Preliminary Grape Crush Report
…County) received the highest average price of $4,666.35 per ton, up 7.3 percent from 2015. District 3 (Sonoma and Marin counties) received the second highest return of $2,584.87, up 5.9…
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…participation by farmers will be essential to local implementation of the law, known by its acronym SGMA. “In many areas of California, county Farm Bureaus are serving this important role…
NASA Report: San Joaquin Valley Land Continues to Sink
…Aqueduct will affect deliveries to Kern County and Southern California water districts. If the State Water Project allocation is 85 percent or greater, delivery may be impaired this year due…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…a concern. “U.S. agriculture—California in particular—really lives on exports,” said Rominger, a fifth-generation farmer in western Yolo County. “A huge percentage of what we produce here is exported. When we…
Snow Survey Shows Big Gains
…water tanks and bottled water. Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County is at just 12 percent capacity, and groundwater – source of at least a third of the supplies Californians…