…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…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…and easiest way to stretch supplies,” said DWR Director Mark Cowin. “We all need to make the sparing, wise use of water a daily habit.” The 29 public agencies that…
Lawsuit Challenges Metropolitan Water District’s Purchase of Delta Islands
…to approve the $175 million Delta island purchase and begin a staging zone for twin tunnel construction,” said Mark Myles, Esq., County Counsel for San Joaquin County. “MWD’s actions to…
Protecting Bloom from Spring Freeze
…temperature you can protect to. by Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University Extension Many Michigan blueberry and strawberry growers use sprinkler systems to protect their crops spring freezes. The system is…
Spring Fruit Blossoms
…fruit crops by Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University Extension During the winter, fruit trees can withstand very cold temperatures. As fruit trees develop in the spring and buds start to…
Grapefruit, Lemons Tangerines Change in April Crop Forecast
USDA April Citrus Crop Forecast Has Changes in Grapefruit and Lemons Mark Hudson, USDA/NASS delivered the April citrus crop forecast from Washington D.C.. The California Valencia orange forecast is 10.5…
Farm Credit Top 100 Honorees
…Agriculture Education and Community Impact Vernon Peterson out of Kingsburg, California was awarded under Entrepreneurship and Innovation And Mark Thompson out of Madera, California was awarded under Mentoring and Volunteerism…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…Vegetables From: Institute for Agriculture and trade Policy (iatp.org) NAFTA’s Grim Harvest Free Trade and Sustainable Agriculture by Mark Ritchie The U.S.-Canada-Mexico Free Trade Agreement threatens to be a disaster…
Healthier Shopping
…for their research into how to help consumers eat more healthfully. Collin Payne and Mihai Niculescu, both College of Business marketing professors and co-directors of NMSU’s Consumer Behavior Laboratory, recently…
DWR Reaches Agreement Related to California WaterFix
…DWR Director Mark W. Cowin, “we have modified our proposed project to avoid or minimize potential negative effects on local communities, others who depend upon the Delta for water supplies,…
Agreement to Raise California’s Minimum Wage Announced
Governor Brown Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined legislators and labor leaders to announce a landmark agreement that makes California the first state in the nation to commit to…
Water Allocations Increased Again
…reminded us how quickly California’s weather can turn from wet to dry,” said DWR Director Mark Cowin. “The lesson of this drought is that we all need to make daily…
Agri View: Growing a Coffee Crop in the U.S.
…the result of a longtime collaboration between Ruskey and University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor Mark Gaskell. The pair, after about a dozen years of research, found a way…
Agri View: Bee Gone
…Colony Collapse Disorder. Honeybee with Deformed Wing Virus The results of a new study conducted by Mark Brown of Royal Halloway University in London released several weeks ago found that…