Weekly Crop Update
How are crops around California doing this week? Sabrina Hill checks in. Crop Update for Week of June 11 In fruit crops: Apple growers sprayed for coddling moths. Grape growers…
Agri View: Hand Picked
Everett Griner wonders if hand-harvested crops will vanish in today’s Agri View. Hand Picked…
Daily California Eggs
Prices are steady. Trade sentiment is lower. Offerings are moderate to occasionally heavy. Demand is light to moderate at best. Supplies are moderate and easily cover current needs. Market activity…
Bare Facts About Bees
…How important are bees? Bees are vital to California agriculture, as most of our crops rely on them for pollination. Speaking recently at the Alltech Symposium, Alltech Global Director of…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…group then will tour area farms to see production of irrigated malt barley, sugar beets, corn, wheat, alfalfa and cover crops and visit a sugar beet receiving station. They also…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…that program personnel were monitoring. One area is a tomato field in Arvin. There were weed hosts and other crops nearby. Sweep surveys produced 0-3 adult BLH and zero nymphs…
Organizations Confirm Support for Biotech Wheat
Some of the most prominent farm groups in three countries say they’ll continue supporting the use of biotechnology in wheat crops. Sabrina Hill has more. Support for GMO Wheat Sixteen…
Almond Board: Sustainability Program Focus
…Hillman reports. Sustainability Program Focus Associate Director of Agricultural affairs Bob Curtis said that their numbers come from over 300,000 acres of assessed crops. A number they feel represents the…
Crop Progress for June 4
Sabrina Hill has the weekly crop progress for California, with information provided by the USDA NASS on field crops, fruit, nuts, vegetables, and rangeland conditions. California crops for June 4…
Earl Williams Receives Distinguished Service Award
…of Commerce and Agriculture and past member and chairman of the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Crop Science Department’s Advisory Council. He served as Cal Poly Crops Club president and…
Farm Bureau Reaction to Ban of GE Crops in Oregon
Tolleson Last week two Oregon counties voted overwhelmingly to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops. The initiatives in Josephine and Jackson counties, which border California, passed by as much…
USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs
…fits their unique needs.” The new resources will help farmers and ranchers make an educated choice between the new Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC)…
USDA/NASS Preparing for Key June Surveys
Rundle The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service is the agency responsible for collecting key data about crops around the nation, and largely the data has focused on crops like wheat…