Cotton growers have a new option for fighting tarnished plant bugs and thrips. Bayer’s cotton trait ThryvOn™ Technology is the industry’s first biotech trait to provide season-long protection against tarnished…
U.S. Cotton Plantings Down Despite Demand Improvements
Information from the National Cotton Council (NCC) indicates that U.S. cotton plantings will be down 17 percent from 2022. According to the NCC’s 42nd Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey,…
Almond Matters: On the Brink of Almond Bloom
…triazoles for later on. I like to keep Quash for Alternaria later in the season; April, May, and June. But there’s a lot of other good fungicides you can put…
Wings on the Menu for the Big Game
…is hotter than wings!” Big games inspire gatherings, and wings are on the menu. When comparing the week ending 1/22/23 to the week ending 1/08/23 (final week of regular season),…
California Snowpack Already Well Above April 1 Average
…the second manual snow survey of the season, DWR’s Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit Manager Sean de Guzman said the snowpack is off to an incredible start. “Our…
State Unveils Roadmap for Reducing Pesticide Use
…California Citrus Mutual, and the Almond Board of California. An Urban Subgroup was also established to help form the Roadmap, as nonagricultural uses account for as much as 55 percent…
Comment Period Closing Soon for Proposed Changes to Rodenticide Use
…applications of first-generation anticoagulants (FGARs) would be prohibited for pocket gophers for much of the year under the PIDs. Certain crops like citrus and alfalfa would no longer allow FGARs…
Last Year was the Best Yet for One California Avocado Grower
…they were seeing prices well over $2 per pound for much of the growing season. “Fortunately for us, that coincided with both an ‘on’ year in terms of production for…
California Strawberries Experience Storm Damage Nearing $200 Million
…have a good season. About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag News Director, AgNet West Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals –…
Cover Crops Prove Valuable During Recent Storms
…said that with the amount of rain they have received so far this season they are already close to the same level of rainfall they received all of last year….
California Chill Report: Storm Impacts on How Trees Experience Chill
…cooking out there in the sunshine.” Temperatures have not been dramatically different for this part of the season due to the storm systems that have come through. But the lack…
Potential for Continued Drought Impacts Despite Flood Emergency
…COURTESY: California Department of Water Resources “We continue to be in a drought state of emergency as our traditionally wet season progresses,” says Nemeth. “We will be in this state…
How the LandFlex Incentive Program Can Assist Dairy Farmers
…for example, upcycling byproducts, nonhuman consumables like almond hulls, citrus pulp and peel, bakery waste,” Raudabaugh noted, “DWR will pay him by the acre approximately $2,200, and depending on what…
California Chill Report: Impacts of Straggled Bloom from Low Chill
A lack of chill accumulation can be challenging for growers later in the season, beginning with a straggled bloom. UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento…