Sabrina Hill has the weekly crop progress for California, with information provided by the USDA NASS on field crops, fruit, nuts, vegetables, and rangeland conditions. California crops for June 4…
Earl Williams Receives Distinguished Service Award
…of Commerce and Agriculture and past member and chairman of the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Crop Science Department’s Advisory Council. He served as Cal Poly Crops Club president and…
Farm Bureau Reaction to Ban of GE Crops in Oregon
Tolleson Last week two Oregon counties voted overwhelmingly to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops. The initiatives in Josephine and Jackson counties, which border California, passed by as much…
USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs
…program. Using the new online tools, producers will be able to use data unique to their specific farming operations combined with factors like the geographical diversity of crops, soils, weather…
USDA/NASS Preparing for Key June Surveys
Rundle The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service is the agency responsible for collecting key data about crops around the nation, and largely the data has focused on crops like wheat…
AFBF Says Public Attitudes Changing on GMO’s
…least a dozen places around the nation have banned or limited genetically modified crops – most recently two southern Oregon counties. Eighty-five bills on GMO labeling are pending in 30-states…
U.S. Forest Service Increases its Firefighting Aircraft Fleet as Fire Season Begins
…430 mph and can carry up to 11,600 gallons of retardant. Both the BAe-146 and a C130 originally brought on last fall cruise at roughly 350 mph and can carry…
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…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…APRIL 2014 Mid-April prices received by California farmers were above March for alfalfa hay. Prices for all potatoes and fall potatoes were below the previous month. The mid-April price for…
Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant
USDA Announces Fall Summit on Bee Nutrition and Forage; Launches “Bee Watch” Website to Broadcast Bee Activity and Increase Public Awareness of the Role of Pollinators in Crop Production WASHINGTON,…
USDA/NASS Releases Crop Production Forecast for May
…during the last week of April and the first week of May. There were several crops surveyed. Today Sabrina Hill looks at Almonds and Peaches. Crop Production Forecast for May…
Thrips Management Advisory for Central Valley
An alert went out last week advising growers to spray their crops to control thrips and the spread of the tomato spotted wilt virus. University of California Cooperative Extension researchers…
Vegetable Crop Research Update Coming Up May 27th
…Professor of Plant Pathology at UC Davis, will talk about virus, biology and management, including how they have applied the pest management model to fight against thrips in tomato crops….
USDA Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program Sign-Up Begins
…to the specific coverage for the crop, must have been on or before Sept. 30, 2011. Note: A producer who only plants fall seeded or spring seeded crops with a…