…has slowly been spreading throughout California and there are now county-wide quarantines in place in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura Counties,…
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…
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
…are now in place in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura counties, with portions of Alameda, Fresno, Kern, Madera, Merced, San Benito,…
Nut Theft Summit Stresses Education
…dollars in loss. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux says the theft is nothing new, but the extent and new ways criminals are executing the crime has elevated the concern of…
Calif. to Host Informational Sessions on the Food Safety Modernization Act in January
…Preventive Controls for Animal Food. The Produce Safety Rule will be presented on Wednesday, January 13 in Tulare, CA and both the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Rule and the…
Temperatures Positive for Citrus
…recent cold weather. Mandarin growers in Kern, Tulare, Fresno, and Madera counties report running wind machines on Saturday and Sunday nights to push temperatures up in the groves. A strong…
Including Small Water Agencies in Management
…Water Agencies Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever-Blattler says groups being formed to take over local groundwater management are at different stages. Blattler says some groups are finding…
Using Modern Communication in Marketing
…Motoian spoke to growers at the recent South Valley Nut Conference in Tulare. Motoian says American Pistachio Growers does a good job at marketing their growers product through modern communication….
Urgent Advisory – Tree Nut Theft Emergency Summit
…summit to educate the industry on this latest threat and how they are operating. Law enforcement from Tulare County and Los Angeles County will be present to provide an overview…
Forming Local Water Management Proving Difficult
…Water Management Proving Difficult To keep water management local, the SGMA is asking for local water management entities to be formed on their own but Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive…
Farm Bureau Awards $4,500 in Garden Grants to Local Schools
This fall, the education committee of the Tulare County Farm Bureau (TCFB) awarded grants to 16 schools throughout Tulare County. Every year, the education committee accepts applications from area schools…
Drought Making Water Management Discussions Public
…The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has put a deadline to water management. Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever-Blattler says this process is a going to be a huge…
California Pistachio Growers Get Water Information
…than 100 growers, water authority representatives and elected officials attended the event, held at the International Agri-Center in Tulare County. Horizon Nut Company’s Grower Education Series provides industry-related education and…