…local community. HGP’s Value-Added Enterprise provides work opportunities for trainees all year long, particularly during the rainy season. Next year, the Homeless Garden Project will be growing even more as…
Agri View: El Niño
…than average. Over the December–February season, the western coast of North America showed a pattern of drier north/wetter south, but the line between the two is shifted somewhat north of…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…were to seed 390 thousand acres of medium grain varieties, 3 percent above last year. The long grain rice acreage forecast is 7.0 thousand acres, unchanged from last season. The…
Water Supply Allocation Announced for CVP
…Jerry Brown’s Emergency Drought Proclamation, issued January 17, 2014, remains in effect. “While we are on track for near-average precipitation season this year, the ongoing and residual impacts of the…
Creating an Easy and Fast HLB Test
…focusing on the proteins. More about the research From UC ANR: Because the pathogen that is associated with HLB doesn’t spread throughout infected citrus trees right away, selecting a branch…
Homegrown Strawberries
…fruits that come out in the summer for one picking season. They are sensitive to the length of the day, which is how the plant knows when to expand, flower…
Citrus Industry This Week: Bactericide Update; New Citrus Plant Pathologist
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes an update on bactericide use and an introduction of the new citrus plant pathologist at Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC)….
Almond Growers to Play Critical Role in Solving Bee Loss Puzzle
…proper investigations are carried out on affected hives. Prior to the 2016 pollination season, a coordinated approach was agreed upon by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and Bee…
The Western View: Fake Science
…80 to 100 times a season, with few or no safeguards for workers or consumers. A GMO variety known as Bt Eggplant was developed which all but eliminated the problem…
Agri View: Farm-Raised
…fish like red snapper or grouper. Out-of-season fish, like wild salmon from Alaska, being sold “fresh” in winter months. Wacky labels you know not to be true, such as “farmed…
China Takes Step to Approve CA Strawberries
…for strawberries. China has significant domestic strawberry production, but their season usually ends during the month of May; just as the Chinese season ends, California is reaching peak production. …
Balance Key to State Water Management
Citrus leaders, like many other industry leaders, are bringing up the balance issue in the state’s water management— an issue that will be increasing in conversation as we move through…
Fresno County District 4 Citrus Bloom
Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, Les Wright has announced that the citrus bloom period for District 4 will start at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, March 28, 2016. All citrus growers, pest…
LBAM Quarantine Change
…are apple, pear, peach, apricot, nectarine, citrus, persimmon, cherry, almond, avocado, oak, willow, walnut, poplar, cottonwood, Monterey pine and eucalyptus. Some common shrub and herbaceous hosts are grape, kiwifruit, strawberry,…