…per year in each hemisphere. This led to the development of Verdant Robotics’ “aim and apply” technology, which can now work across more than three dozen crops, including organic carrots…
Don Cameron: California Ag Leadership & Challenges
…his own smaller farm growing almonds, walnuts, tomatoes, carrots, and corn. With about 65 full-time employees, his leadership reflects both administrative vision and boots-on-the-ground farming experience. Don Cameron: Leading California…
IFPA Pushes Produce for Better U.S. Health Policy
…copays, there were carrots,” the campaign delivers a bold message to policymakers: you can’t make America healthy again without fruits and vegetables. Nutrition Is Prevention IFPA CEO Cathy Burns emphasized…
Wade Kirschenman on Grapes, Potatoes & Policy
…Wade Kirschenman Kirschenman Enterprises “We’ve got probably 12 different crops that we’re growing right now,” said Wade. That includes red, white, and yellow potatoes, table grapes, watermelons, carrots, cannery tomatoes,…
AgNet News Hour Wednesday, 05-14-25
…the 2023, crop year based on cash receipts; number one is dairy products. Number two, grapes, followed by cattle and calves, lettuce, almonds, pistachios, strawberries, tomatoes, carrots and broilers In…
2024 Vegetable Production Report Reveals Significant Shifts
…modest increases. Changes in planted areas influenced these trends, with reductions in head lettuce, romaine lettuce, and onions, and increases in squash and sweet potatoes. Market values fluctuated, with carrots…
E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Recalled Organic Carrots
…of recalled carrots and sanitize any surfaces they contacted. Recalled baby organic carrots have best-if-used-by dates from September 11 to November 12, 2024, while recalled whole organic carrots do not…
FFAR Grant to Support Carrot Research at UC Davis
…with the best traits. Once they identify the most promising wild carrots, they will cross breed them with cultivated carrots to introduce these beneficial traits into commercial varieties. The team’s…
Potential of Biofungicides in Combating Disease Pressure in Organic Carrots
…dark lesions on the leaves and petioles and can weaken the tops of carrots, ultimately impacting yield. UCCE Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor in Kern County, Jaspreet Sidhu said that two…
DPR Confirms Another Reduction in Pesticide Use in 2021
…interest.” Alfalfa, carrots, cotton, rice, walnuts, pistachios, processing tomatoes, and peach and nectarines are also in that category. Collectively, commodities of interest represent 72 percent of the total amount of…
DPR Updating Rules Related to 1,3-D Exposure
…protect crops such as carrots, sweet potatoes, berries, grapes, and tree nuts. Prior to planting, the fumigant is most often injected directly into the soil. It is also applied through…
Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Up 20% per Farm Bureau Survey
…potatoes: $3.96 (up 11%) 1-pound veggie tray (carrots & celery): 88 cents (up 8%) 12-ounce bag of fresh cranberries: $2.57 (down 14%) Regional Averages AFBF analysis revealed regional differences in…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 06-27-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers joining the California Ag Heritage Club, potential alternative nematode control options in carrots…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 05-24-22
…potential non-fumigant nematicides for carrots, and potential impacts to the cotton industry from the latest DPR proposal for neonicotinoids. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features,…