The brown marmorated stink bug could be a huge problem for fruit growers in California and especially bad for a few specific crops like wine grapes. We now know that…
Picking a Christmas Tree
…selling season. Choose a fresh tree. A fresh tree will have a healthy green appearance with few browning needles. Needles should be flexible and not fall off if you run…
Freezing Temperatures not Bad for Valley Citrus
…in a manageable range. Wind machines ran periodically through the night starting as early as 10 p.m. on Mandarin and Navel orange crops to circulate the inversion layer and raise…
Marmorated Stink Bug: Just a Matter of Time
…trees, and leguminous crops. In the mid-Atlantic, the crops most affected are apple, pear, peach, nectarine, lima bean, snap pea, pepper, sweet corn, tomato, field corn, and soybean. Other identified…
California Leads Nation in Horticultural Sales
…of products, production expenses and more. All California and U.S. operations that reported producing and selling $10,000 or more of horticultural crops on the 2012 Census of Agriculture were included…
Cottonseed Discussed on Capitol Hill
…risk management tools available under the Farm Bill to other oilseed farmers. “America’s farmers are currently experiencing a 55 percent free fall in net farm income, with huge losses due…
Honey Bees’ Hard Winter
…get out of the office to work with bees! During these late summer and early fall inspections, which involve evaluating up to a hundred and fifty samples taken from different…
Agri View: War on Feral Hogs!
…objective is to eradicate feral hogs. Not just control them. Adding up the billions of dollars lost annually to farm crops is an indication of how tough it is going…
UC Davis Cracks the Walnut Genome
…California Walnut Board to develop genetic markers for use with classical walnut breeding. The first step was to sequence the walnut genome, which, unlike most major agricultural crops, had never…
New Software Measures Agriculture’s Carbon Footprint
…allow farmers and ranchers to quantify their atmospheric outputs (emissions) and carbon benefits (sequestration) based on site-specific soils, crops, and management practices. Farms have frequently been seen as sources of…
Weather Can Predict Leaffooted Bug Pressure
…April to look for dropped nutlets (particularly on susceptible varieties), nuts with gummosis, and leaffooted bugs. Finding adult bugs is the best indication that a problem may arise, but the…
U.S. Cotton Sector Facing Difficult Economic Conditions
…Coverage programs. They stated providing a safety net for cottonseed “is desperately needed to provide stability in the cotton industry.” Wannamaker’s testimony noted that for producer’s of multiple crops, the…
Cooperation Among Farmers Will Be Essential for Future, Farm Leader Says
…as lingering drought and water shortages placed additional focus on agricultural water use even as many farmers and ranchers—himself included—lost crops due to lack of available water. Having recently returned…
Nut Theft Summit Stresses Education
…is a concern for all exports, especially nut crops where loads can value over a half a million dollars. Independent consultants and investigators that focus on transit theft talked at…