…anti-trade, but the LA Times focuses on the steeper opposition by Trump, estimating the cost of Trump fulfilling his campaign promises against trade if elected. Los Angeles would lose an…
Western View: The Most Dangerous Highway?
…Los Angeles – 99 compares to that mess? I don’t think so. Or how about taking highway 1 through San Francisco? I aged ten years the last time I did…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Placer County
…to transport or send citrus fruit or leaves, potted citrus trees, or curry leaves from the quarantine area. ACP county-wide quarantines are now in place in Fresno, Imperial, Los Angeles,…
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Members Named
…Horton, Kan.; Catherine Burns, Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del.; Carlos Castaneda, Castaneda and Sons Inc., Arroyo Grande, Calif.; Helen Dietrich, Ridgeview Orchards, Conklin, Mich.; Kristine Ellor, Phillips Mushroom Farms, Kennett…
NIFA Awards Community Food Projects
…With programs such as this we are able promote efforts to decrease food insecurity through healthy diets and nutrition education.” The USDA report, Household Food Security in the United States,…
NCGA Applauds WRDA House Passage
…by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It also provides more than $10 billion in funding to the Army Corps to develop, maintain and support the nation’s port and waterways…
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Coverage Wednesday, October 12
…some in high demand globally. Approximately 3,000 acres of this type of bamboo have been growing in Italy for more than two years. Cooper hopes to report back about what…
New Markets Sought for Walnut Sector
…$1.86 a pound, then declined to $1.67 in 2014. Factors working against California walnut growers include China’s reduced import demand as the country’s own production increases; devaluation of the Chinese…
DPR Takes Action Against Grower
…43-acre vineyard. The enforcement action comes after DPR’s Residue Monitoring Program detected the pesticide Dimethoate on grapes at a wholesale store in Los Angeles County in August 2016. State and…
Women in Agriculture Trade Mission is Underway
…USDA’s Women in Agriculture Initiative abroad as well as expanding export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. Leaders from seven state agriculture departments as well as 23 U.S. agribusinesses…
Algeria Returns to U.S. Corn
U.S. corn sales to Algeria are making a strong showing in 2016, doubling 2014-15 marketing year imports. A U.S. Department of Agriculture’ export sales report showed 527,000 metric tons—20.7 million…
Comments Reopened on Import of Lemons from Chile
…of overlapping safeguarding measures, including steps taken in growing areas, packing houses, export locations, and at the port of entry, that effectively minimize the risk of a plant pest, or…
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
…is surveying citrus trees in psyllid-infested areas in Los Angeles County. Any citrus tree that tests positive for HLB will be removed and destroyed. As for shippers that do not…
Psyllid Management Meetings Sought Industry Input
…additional detections of the Asian citrus psyllid in the San Joaquin Valley, the situations in Ventura are becoming greater and we have had additional huanglongbing finds in Los Angeles,” Nelson…