…reports, as well as develop guidelines that make data collection more transparent and reproducible, according to DTN. Specifically, USDA asked the academy to look at how NASS does county-level crop…
State Board Sticks to Flow Regime on Sacramento River
…expeditiously. Lewis Bair, general manager of Reclamation District No. 108 in Grimes, which delivers water from the Sacramento River to farmers in southern Colusa County and northern Yolo County, said…
Wildfires Continue to Sweep Through Northern California
…the Napa County Fairgrounds. Livestock is being relocated to the Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo now that the Napa County sites are at capacity. The Sebastopol Grange in Sebastopol and…
UCCE Creates Ag Education Chair in Southern California
…was donated by the Orange County Farm Bureau; Napolitano matched the contribution through the presidential endowment fund. The Orange County Farm Bureau is housed at the UC South Coast Research…
Quota Implementation Plan Explained at Upcoming Meetings
…a session will be held at the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau in Modesto at 10 a.m. The November 6 meeting will be held at the Chino Fairgrounds beginning at 10:30…
Medfly Quarantine Affects Solano Farms
After dodging the pest-quarantine bullet for more than a decade, a Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine has been established in an agricultural area of Solano County. There have been several Medfly…
USDA Invests in 48 Projects in Local Watersheds
…channel. This will be the final structure to complete the Beardsley Watershed Project in Ventura County. This project purpose is to restore degraded salt marsh areas, restore failing fish passages…
Public Meeting for Medfly Quarantine in Solano County
A meeting has been scheduled to address the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) quarantine in Solano County. The Solano County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office along with the California Department of Food and…
Spot Fumigation Could Cut Costs and More
…second problem is plant-parasitic nematodes and this includes ring, lesion and root-knot nematode,” said UC Cooperative Extension Pomology Advisor for Merced County David Doll. Researchers have been working on fumigation…
Training Courses to Fulfill Part of Produce Safety Rule
…Garden Grove December 8th at The Plaza in Yuba City December 12th at the Yolo County Farm Bureau in Woodland December 14th at the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau in…
Water Board OKs Hike in Water Quality Fees
…letters suggesting that the State Water Board change its methodology to create a more equitable allocation of costs. Sacramento County Farm Bureau Executive Director Bill Bird noted: “The Sacramento Valley…
Record Crop Value in Sacramento County
…has topped $500 million in production. During her presentation to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner Juli Jensen said, “Wine grapes continue to rule as King…
UC ANR and AgStart Receive Funding to Cultivate the VINE
…supply, and environment,” Youtsey said. UC Cooperative Extension specialists and advisors, who work in every county, can provide insight into real-world conditions that entrepreneurs should consider in the development stage….
Tomato Crop Coming in Lighter than Expected
…the same in Sacramento County, where Russell van Loben Sels grows row crops near Courtland. “The tomato year started off very wet,” van Loben Sels said. “For us here in…