…area of San Gabriel in Los Angeles County, experts stress the need for citrus growers to spend the money upfront to keep the pest that spreads the disease at bay….
Groundwater Management a Costly Endeavor
…to form and establish their local management areas. Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever-Blattler says the next step will be hard work for these groups and could cost…
Understanding Cybercrime in Agriculture
…Los Angeles. Anyone with information regarding these crimes is asked to contact Tulare County Sheriff’s Office AG Crimes Detectives at 559-735-1853. Find out more about the Tulare County Sheriff Department….
Gift Ideas for Gardeners
…gift ideas for the green thumb on your list. Gardening Gift Ideas Excerpts from a publication from Johnson County Government The Best Times, Volume 32 No. 12 December, 2014. Hoe-hoe-hoe:…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…every county in 2016. Supported nearly 10,000 farms and ranches, food entrepreneurs and communities through local food-related projects. Over 6,000 farmers markets and direct-marketing farmers are now authorized to accept…
Fresh Christmas Tree
…a natural resources specialist with the extension and the operator of a tree farm in Jackson County, Ohio. Nevertheless, he said so many variables affect a tree’s ability to stay…
ACP Quarantine in Northern San Mateo County Includes Portion of San Francisco County
…of Pacifica and Daly City. The quarantine also takes in the southern portion of San Francisco County along its border with San Mateo County. The quarantine zone is bordered on…
COOL Tariffs Could Begin Next Week
COOL tariffs could begin very soon. The World Trade organization will officially authorize Canada and Mexico to retaliate against the United States County-of-Origin meat labeling later this week. COOL tariffs…
Walnuts and Calories
…Industry The first commercial plantings began in 1867 when Joseph Sexton, a orchardist and nurseryman in the Santa Barbara County town of Goleta, planted English walnuts. For several years, walnuts…
UC Davis Cracks the Walnut Genome
…Program was created in 1948 by pomologist Eugene Serr and his colleague Harold Forde. The five leading walnut varieties released by the UC Davis program (Chandler, Howard, Tulare, Serr and…
Agri View: 100 Mile Yard Sale
…yard sale. You can bet it increases traffic on that day. A new twist has been added. A nine-county highway to promote-grown vegetables of local farmers. Not just fresh vegetables…
Farm Bureau Re-Elects President, Elects New Vice President
…past president of the Mariposa County Farm Bureau and the Merced/Mariposa County Cattlemen’s Association, and president-elect of the California chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers….
Boundary Lines Complicate Groundwater Management
…everyone involved in forming local water entities. Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever-Blattler says complicating the issue even more is the imaginary political boundaries counties are looking at…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
A portion of Kern County has been added to an existing quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) following the detections of multiple ACPs in and around the cities of…