…$18 billion in food and agricultural exports. Mexico is California’s fifth largest export destination valued at $888 million. Over the last ten years, agricultural exports to Mexico have increased three-fold….
Bats Work the Night Shift in Pollination
…the southern parts of Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona. Throughout time, plants and mammals have shared a dependency on one another that is mutually beneficial. So naturally, these bats…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review October 31
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, helping the Gulf of Mexico, Chinese…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the psyllid in 1998 and he disease in 2005, and the two…
USDA Helps Deliver the Latest in Innovative Agricultural Methods to Small, Socially Disadvantaged Agricultural Producers
…personal and business record-keeping, business planning and marketing assistance. New Mexico Southwest Development Center, Inc. – $188,255 grant; To provide accounting and financial management training to socially disadvantaged producers, and…
All of Tulare County Added to Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine
…County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the psyllid in 1998 and the disease in 2005, and the…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…Los Angeles County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the psyllid in 1998 and the disease in 2005,…
It’s a bet! California Grown products on the line in football wager with New Mexico
…and New Mexico State in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The challenge was made by New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture (and archrival) Jeff Witte. If (when) Cal Poly wins, a basket…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in San Luis Obispo County
…California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S….
Mexico Trade Mission and Ag Labor Issues – Looking Forward
…with Mexico to establish a bi-nationally available register of certified labor recruitment agencies. In addition, Mexico would develop a system for monitoring, verifying and supervising the activities carried out by…
CA Citrus Research Board Learning from Mexico
…Board just returned home from Mexico, where they learned more about that country’s battle against the Asian citrus psyllid. Gary Cooper has more. CA Citrus Research Board trip to Mexico…
As Trade Mission to Mexico Ends, Collaborative Efforts Will Continue
Members of the California agricultural delegation in Mexico City. From left, Craig McNamara, State Board of Food and Agriculture President; Felipe Chavez, Mexico City wholesaler; Chris Rosander, Raisin Administrative Committee;…
California and Mexico – a Win-Win Relationship
…year for the last three years. This underscores that Mexico’s economy is growing and California is benefiting. I look forward to furthering our trade relationship and cooperation with Mexico. It…
Sec. Ross in Mexico City for Governor Brown’s Trade Mission
Mercardo de Jamacia in Mexico City (photo from ca.gov Planting Seeds) My first impressions of Mexico City as part of Governor Brown’s trade mission were a sensory overload. From the…