…production and processing research to improve grower efficiency and product quality, and nutrition research to identify positioning opportunities and value messages. Trade Policy: To protect the interests of the California…
Avocado Tree Sensitivity Problematic With Drought
…the shortage of irrigation water, the drought is causing production problems in avocado trees. With less rain on top of less allocated water, salinity levels are rising in soils across…
USDA Announces $235 Million Available for Innovative New Conservation Partnerships
…opportunities to address drought across the West. RCPP projects like this one in Colorado highlight the work the NRCS is doing with partners to increase efficiency while supporting production,” Vilsack…
California Drought Update and Some Ag Impacts
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey shares some of the latest statistics on California’s lingering drought condition, and how that may impact some crops like cotton. California Drought Update and Some Ag…
From Over 100,000 to 1: Partners Band Together to Beat the European Grapevine Moth
…wine grape production accounts for 99% of annual crop production, or over $656 million in 2013. This translates into approximately $14 billion in economic activity for the county. Napa is…
Ordinance Brings New Wine Production to Southern California
A recent law change is creating new opportunities for the wine grape industry in Southern California. Ordinance Brings New Wine Production San Diego County Farm Bureau says it has seen…
USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture
…designed for working production systems that provide multiple economic and environmental benefits in addition to supporting resilience to extreme weather, reduced emissions and increased carbon storage. Through this comprehensive set…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…supplies endangers food production and other essential human systems. Heavy demands on the world’s surface waters have resulted in serious shortages in some 80 countries, containing 40 percent of the…
Cotton Acreage May be Lowest Since the 1920s
…of the only materials cotton growers have used to control cotton aphid and whitefly. The Cotton Crop Team, formed by UC and cotton-sector representatives to take a critical look at…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…water—than farmers elsewhere in the world. Crop production per acre-foot of water has risen 43 percent in California between 1967 and 2010. Our growing state, national and global populations will…
2015 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural lands and Wetlands Due May 15
…said Carlos Suarez, NRCS state conservationist in California. “They provide a means to keep working land in production, preserve open space, and provide great benefit to our state’s natural resources…
Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Approximately $23 Million Available for Citrus Greening Research
…of the Florida citrus crop. This funding is available through the Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (CDRE), part of the 2014 Farm Bill. Vilsack “Citrus greening threatens citrus production…
California Prospective Plantings for 2015
…cotton in 2015, down 21 percent from the acreage seeded in 2014. In addition, growers were expecting to seed 110 thousand acres of American Pima cotton in 2015, down 29…
USDA Extends ARC and PLC Deadlines
…grain and sweet rice), safflower seed, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no longer a covered commodity. Producers need to contact the Farm Service Agency by April…