Mark Hudson, USDA/NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service), Washington, D.C. released the January citrus crop forecast reflecting a slight drop in California non-Valencia oranges with a slight increase in Valencia oranges….
Snowpack’s Water Content Far Greater than One Year Ago
…drought will be entrenched for a fifth year. DWR Director Mark Cowin said the heavy snowfall so far during Water Year 2016 “has been a reasonable start, but another three…
California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Climate Change
…32 Scoping Plan. Continuing on the theme of climate change, the Board will also hear from Mark Jacobson, with the Stanford Wood Institute for the Environment, on his Blueprint for…
Picking a Christmas Tree
…farms will prohibit pets). But, if a pet is allowed and must come along, keep him on a leash at all times. Please don’t let him “mark” other people’s trees….
California Leads Nation in Horticultural Sales
…meet the needs of growers, industry leaders, and policymakers,” said Chairman of the Agricultural Statistics Board Mark Harris. “We added 60 new items to the questionnaire to provide the most…
New Software Measures Agriculture’s Carbon Footprint
…Balancing agriculture’s net emissions and sequestrations has been a question mark. That’s where the COMET tools come in, says Adam Chambers, one member of the team that developed the online…
Weather Can Predict Leaffooted Bug Pressure
…gummosis or egg masses on the sides of nuts. If gummosis exists, cut a cross-section across the damaged site to look for a puncture mark from the bug’s mouthparts to…
Citrus Forecast: No Changes for California
Mark Hudson, USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Washington, D.C., reported the December citrus forecast. Although Florida oranges dropped another 5 million boxes, there were no changes in the reported numbers…
Farm to Food Bank Month
…they call Farm to Family. Farmers around California donate to the program – surplus produce or produce that they can’t send to the store. As vegetable grower-shipper Mark Nickerson explains…
Key Time to Monitor for Leaffooted Bug
…a puncture mark from the bug’s mouthparts to confirm that the gummosis is not due to physiological reasons. The easiest monitoring method is to look for aborted nuts on the…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…agreement and its removal of trade barriers, American agricultural exports to the region are poised to expand even further. Japan as a Market. Japan is already an important market for…
Sixth Annual Chapman Phytosanitary Irradiation Forum March 23-24, 2016
Mark your calendars to attend the Sixth Annual Chapman Phytosanitary Irradiation Forum on March 23-24, 2016 at Chapman University in Orange, California. Organized in cooperation with the USDA and the…
Citrus Crop Forecast: No Changes for California
Mark Hudson, USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington D.C., reported the November citrus crop forecast and California had no changes from the October forecast. Florida, on the other hand, had a…
Nufarm at 2015 CAPCA Conference
…used in a variety of markets nationwide. Our products are available through most agricultural retailers. Brian Rund on Citrus Pests and Diseases Kelly Cecil on Mites Mark Allen on Copper…