Raw milk produced by Organic Pastures Dairy of Fresno County with a code date of OCT 24 is the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order announced by California…
Guava Fruit Fly Eradicated from Long Beach Area of Los Angeles County
CDFA, working in coordination with the USDA and the Los Angeles County agricultural commissioner’s office, has declared the guava fruit fly eradicated from the Long Beach area. An 80-square mile…
California livestock marketers attend LMA D.C.
…pursue changes. David and Tina Macedo, Tulare Sales Yard; Alana McGill, Newman Stockyards; and Cindy Tews and Aspen Eaton, Fresno Livestock Commission, attended the D.C. Fly In. as California delegates….
CDFA Grants Help Growers Upgrade Irrigation Systems
…monitor soil moisture through sensors with electronic data output and flow meters to ensure efficient irrigation scheduling at his Family Tree Farms in Tulare County. Four Oaks Farming in San…
DuPont Pioneer Awards Nearly $200,000 in Local Grants
…Colorado Colorado Foundation for Agriculture Inc. Food Bank of Larimer County Rocky Mountain Deaf School The Growing Project Kansas Harvey County Free 4-H Fair Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School FFA Thayer…
Lance Greig Wins “It’s All in the Sauce” Contest
…Ranchers Committee of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau held its 7th Annual“Testicle Festival at Estrada Deer Camp in Watsonville. The Rocky Mountain Oysters were served as hors d’oeuvre and…
Opinion: You Know You’re At a California Fair When…
…in one place, some just miles from where they were grown. Grapes, walnuts, citrus, wheat, gourds, apples…the list is many. According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, “The American county fair…
Beet Curly Top Virus Monthly Report
…the available BLH host vegetation and increases the beet leafhopper populations on remaining viable host vegetation. For Fresno county by the end of September, the Program usually observes a significant…
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. Celebrates Completion of Newest Manufacturing Facility in Hanford, California
Yesterday, Crop Vitality, a business unit of Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. (TKI), the North American subsidiary of Brussels-based Tessenderlo Group and the Kings County Economic Development Corporation celebrated the completion of…
USDA Announces $8.8 Million to Support a Diverse Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…Tugaloo College $199,983 Mississippi Tri-County Agricultural Cooperative $150,992 Mississippi Winston County Self Help $200,000 Missouri Lincoln University $199,965 Montana NACDC Financial Services $131,859 Montana National Center for Appropriate Technology $99,095…
Eradication a Costly Endeavor
…Napa County Agriculture Commissioner Greg Clark. He says that process cost the industry and collective organizations a sizable amount of money. Clark says that inspired them to take a proactive…
Fresno County Detects A Single Male Peach Fruit Fly
The Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner’s office is announcing that a single male Peach Fruit Fly has been detected on a trap that was placed in a peach tree of a…
Groups Mobilize Aid in the Wake of Big Wildfires
…the wildfires. For example, Colusa County Farm Bureau Fire Relief is accepting donations at the county office in Colusa beginning Oct. 5, with weekly Friday deliveries planned to Lake County….
Farmers Report Shortage of Help to Harvest Crops
…to report problems filling their harvest crews. Contra Costa County winegrape grower John Viano of Viano Vineyards said a recent heat wave and a lack of employees to harvest the…