APRIL CROP COMMENTS – CALIFORNIA Stone fruit trees finished blooming and fruit development continued. Early variety apricot, nectarine, and peach harvests were underway. Cherry growers sprayed for worms as harvest…
2014 Winter Wheat Production Forecast
…a yield of 3.2 tons per acre. The dry beginning to the year had little impact on the Durum wheat crop since irrigation is the norm. The Durum wheat harvest…
Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant
USDA Announces Fall Summit on Bee Nutrition and Forage; Launches “Bee Watch” Website to Broadcast Bee Activity and Increase Public Awareness of the Role of Pollinators in Crop Production WASHINGTON,…
Citrus Industry This Week: Thermotherapy; Fruit Drop; Citrus Forecast
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes a report from a grower using thermotherapy, fruit drop information and the latest citrus crop forecast. Want to learn more?…
California Certified Crop Adviser Exam Signup Open
Crop advisers in California and Arizona have the opportunity to register for the August 1, 2014 Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Exam until June 20, 2104. The exam will be given…
USDA Announces First HLB Funding Allocations, Appointments to Citrus Disease Subcommittee
AgNet West was first to report this story several weeks ago. Click here for more of our complete coverage, including our exclusive interview with California Citrus Research Board President Ken…
USDA/NASS Releases Crop Production Forecast for May
…during the last week of April and the first week of May. There were several crops surveyed. Today Sabrina Hill looks at Almonds and Peaches. Crop Production Forecast for May…
USDA Citrus Crop Forecast Had No Changes for California
Mark Hudson of USDA/NASS in Washington DC delivered the May Citrus Crop forecast. For Florida, there was a slight increase in the Non-Valencia oranges reported of 300,000 boxes. California had…
Vegetable Crop Research Update Coming Up May 27th
…California. Vegetable Crop Research Update Coming Up The event starts at 9:00 a.m. and will have several advisors presenting on the latest finding on vegetable crop pests. UC Davis Plant…
Almond Board: Almond Field Day May 14th
…Arbuckle, California and will cover a variety of topics from hedging almonds to irrigation management. UC Farm Advisor Franz Niederholzer says they try to keep the information as timely as…
USDA Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program Sign-Up Begins
…must be considered a 2012 crop which means, in general, that the crop was intended for harvest in 2012; For insured crops, the coverage period must have begun on or…
California Representative Appointed to Citrus Subcommittee
…Crop Committee. Justin Brown is the Vice President and General Manager of D Bar J Orchards, Inc. in Orange Grove. The Citrus Disease Subcommittee advises the Secretary of Agriculture on…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…provide producers with information on the Agricultural Risk Coverage Program and Price Loss Coverage Program, as well as the larger protection program for dairy and the non-insured crop disaster assistance…
Water Conference to Cover Variety of Topics
BlueTechValley and the International Center for Water Technology are putting on the 2014 Water Technology Conference on May 8th at the Veterans Memorial building in Clovis, California. The event will…