…Chandler continues as the leading variety with 91,185 bearing acres, followed by Hartley with 34,948 bearing acres. Chandler also accounted for 66 percent of the non-bearing acreage. San Joaquin County…
California Processing Tomato Report
…final contracted acreage. Fresno County remains the top California County in contracted planted acreage for 2014 with 90,000 acres. Yolo, Kings, San Joaquin, Merced, and Colusa County make up the…
Fresno County Fruit Trail Opening Day
This slideshow requires JavaScript. The 2014 Fresno County Fruit Trail officially opened , showing off some of it’s trail farm stores and their new additions….
California Weekly Wholesale Feedstuff Prices
…FOB Huller Butte County NA FOB Huller Stanislaus County Sale May-Jul 190.00 no comp FOB Huller Merced Sale May-Jul 195.00 no comp FOB Huller Madera Sale Jan-Ju1 180.00 no comp…
UC Davis Report on Drought Impact
…Joaquin Valley and the Tulare Lake Basin. The center plans to release a more comprehensive report of the droughts economic impact on the state’s irrigated agriculture this summer. To read…
UC Davis Study Determines Preliminary Findings of Economic Impact of Drought in Central Valley
…in additional costs of groundwater pumping. About 60 percent of the economic losses will occur in the San Joaquin Valley and Tulare Lake Basin. Growers are expected to replace much…
ARC and PLC Program Fruit, Vegetable and Wild Rice Provisions
…payment reduction when those crops are planted on either more than 15 percent of the base acres of a farm enrolled in ARC using the county coverage or PLC, or…
California Certified Crop Adviser Exam Signup Open
…in Sacramento, Salinas, Tulare and Yuma. Registration for the exam is available at https://www.certifiedcropadviser.org/exams/registration. There are over 850 active CCAs in California and Arizona that are playing an important role…
USDA Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program Sign-Up Begins
…disaster county or contiguous county by the Secretary of Agriculture under a Secretarial Disaster Designation. Without a Secretarial Disaster Designation, individual producers may be eligible if the actual production on…
San Luis Obispo County Agribusiness Tour 2014
Enjoy these photos from the 2014 San Luis Obispo County Agribusiness Tour. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Photos by Sabrina Hill, ©AgNet West…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…April 15, 2014. Dairy Forward Pricing Program: Final rule published on March 21, 2014, that re-established the Dairy Forward Pricing Program. County and Regional Loan Rates: County and regional loan…
On Pesticide Report, Ag Commissioners Hoped for Something Better Researched
Erik Lauritzen We’ve been telling you about a controversial report that looked into pesticide use near schools in 15 California counties. Sabrina Hill discussed the report with Monterey County…
Ag Commissioner Speaks Out on Pesticide Report
Monterey County Ag Commissioner Eric Lauritzen displays just a few of the newspaper articles written about the report. He tells AgNet West the report was misleading. Monterey County Agriculture Commissioner…
Psyllid Meeting and Field Day
The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, along with other partners, will host an asian citrus psyllid meeting and field day on May 8th in LA County. Because of the…