…less water this year than their late-December historical averages. Lake Oroville in Butte County, the State Water Project’s (SWP) principal reservoir, now holds 1 million acre feet (MAF), 29 percent…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine In Stanislaus County Includes Portion of Merced County
…a portion of northern Merced County along its border with Stanislaus County. The quarantine zone measures 101 square miles, bordered on the north by East Service Road; on the south…
Cultivate California Program Debuts with Website and Social Media
…the California Farm Bureau Federation and 30 county Farm Bureaus, Western Growers, the California Farm Water Coalition, California Farm Credit and a number of commodity organizations and cooperatives. A list…
Viewing HLB Prevention as Insurance Policy
…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…