Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes information about the USDA releasing US-1516 Citrus Rootstock, a crop update with Doug Bournique, and a discussion with Kelly Morgan about irrigation…
Agri View: Satsuma Oranges
…South Alabama. It also had a ready market. About 1935 a devastating freeze killed most of the trees and the crop just vanished. Everett Griner talks about this quaint orange…
The Western View: Pecan Federal Marketing Order
…change in crop or demand from the 1960’s until recently. But now demand has been increasing, and growers see a chance to create a stable supply that grows with demand….
Busy December for Ag in Congress
…billion cut in crop insurance made in an earlier budget deal. Efforts are also underway to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial “Waters of the U.S.” rule as part of…
Climate Change Report – USDA
…are many opportunities to strengthen agricultural economies and bring more advanced methods of crop production to low-yielding agricultural regions. Other promising adaptations include reducing food waste through innovative packaging, expanding…
Temperatures Positive for Citrus
Weekend Cold Temperatures Appear Positive for Central Valley Citrus Crop Temperatures dipped under 30 degrees over this holiday weekend throughout the Central Valley. For orange growers, the colder temperatures were…
Agri View: Peanuts Lost
You know it is bad to lose a crop to drought, bugs or disease. Even worse to harvest a very good crop and then lose it. It happened to some…
Uncovering Cover Crop Benefits
…of evidence on the benefits of having a cover crop and a new study adds to that pile. Gary Crawford uncovers the facts in this report. Uncovering Cover Crop Benefits…
Key Time to Monitor for Leaffooted Bug
…time that growers should be monitoring and it’s a must do if their orchard is a neighbor of an overwintering host crop. UC IPM Guidelines: Monitoring and Treatment Decisions Walk…
Plan Ahead for NOW Management
…them by discing or flail mowing by March 15 where ground cover is not present. Moist orchard floor conditions provided by winter-resident vegetation and rain will enhance mortality of navel…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…from the 2014 crop. With harvested acreage forecast at 25.0 thousand acres, the yield is 44.2 tons per acre. The United States sugar beet production for the 2015 crop year…
CDFA Now Accepting Proposals for the 2015 Specialty Crop Multi-State Program
…multi-state projects. Proposals must include partners located in at least two different states and address regional or national-level specialty crop issues, including food safety, plant pests and disease, research, crop-specific…
El Nino Weather Good for Winter Sanitation
…Sanitation Cooperative Extension Integrated Pest Management Advisor Emily Symmes says wet weather can help winter sanitation in nut crops but those rains could make orchard accessibility tough. More About NOW…
California Citrus Mutual Donates $25,000 Biological Control Research
Adult Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama. Photograph by Douglas L. Caldwell, University of Florida. California Citrus Mutual (CCM) is pleased to announce it has donated $25,000 to the crop…