…they manage their farm, including decisions about fertilizing more efficiently, addressing pests and disease, and timeliness of planting and harvest. Imagery is the foundation for precision agriculture, and the innovations…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…product is used as a fumigant on grapes to suppress the spread of gray mold disease. EPA classifies pesticides as restricted use or general use pesticides. The restricted use pesticides…
Ag Committee Evaluates Effectiveness in SNAP-Ed
…many Americans, obesity and chronic disease are major health concerns. Programs like SNAP-Ed are working to combat these health risks by promoting healthy lifestyles and educating SNAP recipients on how…
HLB-Identified Trees Tested, Most Negative
…(CDFA) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) brought huanglongbing (HLB) disease detecting dogs to California earlier this month. The collaboration was looking to see if the dogs could…
Agri View: Feral Hog Control
…of diseases such as brucellosis and pseudorabies to livestock and humans is also a concern among livestock producers and to animal and public health authorities (Texas Animal Health Commission 1992)….
Asian Citrus Psyllid Pest Found in Monterey County
…the Huanglongbing disease (HLB). HLB is a bacterial disease harmless to humans or animals, but fatal to citrus trees. ACP has become established in California from the Yuma area to…
Removing HLB Infected Trees Only Option
…better position if they would have done the same. Florida citrus grower Pete Spyke says the practices Florida growers are using to stay afloat with huanglongbing (HLB) disease won’t matter…
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…of genes associated with important agricultural traits such as yield increase, stress response, and disease resistance and, ultimately, will make possible the production of improved wheat varieties for farmers. Since…
Nobody Exempt from ACP Quarantines
…to protect against the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) which can carry huanglongbing disease. Kinoshita reminds everyone that these restrictions aren’t just directed at agriculture, and any citrus…
New Facility Proves HLB/ACP Seriousness
…disease. Huanglongbing is a bacterial plant disease fatal to citrus trees. The disease has devastated citrus trees in Asia, South America and Florida. More recently it has been found in…
Psyllid Quarantines Affecting Bottom Line
Moving citrus through the state is now more costly due to Asian citrus psyllid quarantines and the threat of huanglongbing (HLB) disease and some growers see it more than others….
Protecting California Citrus With Natural Enemies
…the state’s citrus industry has ever faced. ACPs are vectors of a bacterium that causes a disease called huanglongbing (HLB), which also is called “citrus greening” because the fruit doesn’t…
Bat Population Decline
…to help wildlife managers and the public to combat the disease. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) We were shocked to hear of the discovery of a WNS infected bat in…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…only from countries free of foot-and-mouth disease, the number of countries exporting such meat to Japan is small. In 2004 and 2005, Japan’s ban on beef imports from the United…