…care, clothing, paper, auto parts, composites, building materials, and bio-fuels. Like with other crops, enforcement and oversight of hemp production would be by the California Department of Food and Agriculture…
‘Celebrate Agriculture with the Arts’ Show in Madera Honors Agriculture
…Farm Machinery & Structures, Fruits and Nuts, Human Factor in Agriculture, Irrigation, Row & Field Crops, Pomegranate Festival, and Vegetables & Vines). The exhibition begins with a wine and appetizer…
Drop in USDA Agricultural Prices Report
Producers receiving lower prices for corn and feed grains, among other crops, led to a drop in USDA’s Agricultural Prices Report in September. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or…
Fall Citrus Meeting
The fall citrus meeting is coming up next week in Tulare. Click to Open or Download Audio Report It’s from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Tulare County Agricultural Building….
California Leads Nation in Specialty Crop Funding
…received more than $18 million out of the total $52 million awarded nationwide. The SCBGP provides grants to states to enhance the competitiveness of Specialty Crops, which are defined as…
California Agriculture Headlines for September 24
…Salinas. More California produce is headed down under. The export market in Australia has opened up to more crops. Peaches and nectarines from California and the Pacific Northwest are now…
Sorghum Field Day Next Week
…grass and one of the top cereal crops in the world. It’s highly drought tolerant and here in the U.S. is mainly used as an animal feed but is gaining…
Upcoming Seminar on Bee Health
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology fall seminar series will open next month with a seminar titled “Bee Disease Resistance and Colony Health,” presented by noted research entomologist…
California Crop Update
Sabrina Hill has an update on several California crops. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California navel orange production for the 2013-2014 season is forecast at 1.76 million tons…
Almond Board: Behind the Scenes in Produce Marketing
…Board of California. Click to Open or Download Audio Report We report a lot on how well certain crops are doing in revenues top crop sales, and marketing is certainly…
Preparing for Another Dry Year
The Department of Water Resources is sponsoring events throughout the fall in preparation for the possibility that water year 2014 could be a third consecutive dry year. Sabrina Hill has…
California Ag Headlines for September 6
…Checking in with some of the other crops around the state: Cotton boll opening is about a third complete. And so far this year, cotton condition is 85% good to…
More Concern for Nation’s Corn, Soybean Crops
…things here in California. Another week of drought means another week of concern about the developing corn and soybean crops. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
California Agriculture Hits New Record
…three of the major nut crops – almond, walnuts, and pistachios – blew past the billion-dollar threshold. Meanwhile, the value of grapes edged higher than that of almonds in 2012,…