…are mostly behind the expected production decline. Reduced supplies have helped boost early-season sweet cherry prices thus far. Peach harvesting is underway in the top three producing States—California, South Carolina,…
July 4th Cookout Prices
…ground round prices are trending lower,” she noted, pointing to the nation’s cattle inventory and commercial beef production, which continue to rebound from dramatically low levels in 2014 and 2015….
EPA Proposes Protection from Selenium
…use the estuary as a wintering ground. Selenium levels from agricultural runoff and oil refinery discharges have been reduced due to previous state and federal regulatory requirements. EPA set selenium…
Opening Markets for Almond Hulls
…markets for the excess hulls. Opening Markets for Almond Hulls Research is going on right now to explore new markets for almond hulls produced in California. The giant almond industry…
Almond Board: CASP Workshop July 7 & 8
There’s another installment in the CASP grower workshop series coming up. Manager, Industry Relations for the Almond Board, Carissa Sauer gives us more information. Listen to the report here: Almond…
Western View: Growing Hemp, Yes or No?
…Hemp that used to exist. And, it’s a labor intensive crop. The fibrous stalks are easily damaged by machine harvesting. Several groups have formed to help stimulate marketing, and no…
Grove Shows Need for Soil Moisture Tools
…‘irrigaters’ and at least twice a week I ask them for tensiometers readings. We are managing the soil moisture in the ground and using the tensiometers as a tool to…
More Groundwater Found in Central Valley
…to characterize both shallow and deep groundwater sources in eight California counties. The researchers concluded that when deeper sources of groundwater are factored in, the amount of usable groundwater in…
Almond Board: Pollinator Week
This week is Pollinator Week. Manager of Industry Relations for the Almond Board, Carissa Sauer shares the importance of pollinators to the almond industry and in our daily lives. Almond…
FAA Rules Clear Runway for Small Drones
…that are conducting non-hobbyist operations. The rule’s provisions are designed to minimize risks to other aircraft and people and property on the ground. The regulations require pilots to keep an…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
…Unfortunately, the ocean has become the ultimate dumping ground for civilization. Read more From: NOAA Office of General Counsel Marine Pollution: Ocean Dumping Until the 1970s, communities worldwide used the…
Pacific Region Fruit and Nut Review
…and foreign markets. Almond trees showed rapid nut development. Cherry harvest slowed down significantly throughout several counties. In Merced County, husk fly traps were placed in almond orchards. In Sutter…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…and yellow garden buttercups /ranunculus/ ripened for harvesting. The bright spring sun illuminates the field of agriculture in Israel Israel is regarded as perhaps the most climate-smart agricultural region in…
Almond Board: New E-Learning Program
…almond types, the Almond Board of California (ABC) developed a new e-learning course to assist almond buyers in selecting the right almond for the right use. Sorting through the different…