…and dry years – based on the crops’ ability to handle drought stress – but sorghum also holds value in terms of yield when compared to other forages. “Sorghum has…
Dealing with Bacterial Garden Blight
…the season, too. Rotate your crops at least every three years to prevent the pathogen from attacking susceptible plants. Management is the only way to deal with bacterial blight. Pruning infected…
How to Spot and Get Rid of Whiteflies
…and Get Rid of Whiteflies Whiteflies have the potential to kill entire crops in a short amount of time. Whiteflies are white winged insects that look quite similar to aphids. …
Foods to Can in the Spring from Your Garden
…you are canning in the fall. For instance, you will not want to use jars larger than a quart or recycle old jars from around the house that aren’t designed…
Water Supply Restrictions to Have Billion-Dollar Impact
…availability. “Adding that all up, we found some significant changes in water available to farmers that will result in, by our estimates, fallowing of about one-fifth of all the acres…
Ag Order 4.0 ‘Will Change the Way We Farm’
…to crops during the year. “If you’re a farmer and you’re rotating multiple crops per year in a field, you will not be able to have multiple crops because the…
Working Together: Genetic Markers Making Walnut Breeding More Efficient
Improving production through genetics is a long process, but research supported by the California Walnut Board is making it more efficient. U.C. Davis Nut Crops Breeder Pat J. Brown has…
The Western View: Farmers Get the Pork Into the Barrel
Agriculture has always been the base of American society. It was just as important to the Indigenous people that developed corn and squash crops as it was to the newcomers,…
Flexibility for Hemp Rule Enforcement for 2020 Crop Year
…disposal of ‘hot crops’ established under the interim final rule for the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program will not be enforced due to insufficient capacity to address each of those…
Curious Trend in Cover Cropping in California
…was water use and water availability. “If growers perceive cover crops being in competition with their crops for water, they’re probably less likely to want to do it,” Bowles noted. …
Addressing Hemp Questions in California Trials
…it is going to be to hopefully, just like with a lot of other crops, develop a good working relationship so that you have access to the genetics; either from…
Golden State Dairy Management Conference Coming Up in March
…feeding and nutrition, we’ll have an agronomy, nutrient management, and water session, as well as an economic session talking about water and crops and maybe what are some other options…
Stop the Rot Project to Combat Onion Bacterial Diseases
Over the next four years, researchers will be looking for answers for some of the most problematic bacterial diseases in onions. The USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative is providing $4…
California Sues Trump Administration Over New Water Plan
…that were issued by the National Marine Fisheries Services and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last fall. “We are challenging the federal biological opinions, which do not currently govern water…