…email Battany at mcbattany@ucanr.edu. Read more from Battany’s blog post. Vine Mealybug Managment From the UC IPM Website: Vine mealybug occurs in all major California production areas. In California, the…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…environment in animals, in crops, in food products, or in farm-raised aquaculture products. Develop, evaluate, and implement effective and sustainable resources and strategies, to include alternative practices, techniques, technologies or…
Home-Made Fertilizer
…also be weak. And so it follows that weak plants have poor production, leading to more time and money spent on a low quantity of low quality vegetables. This means…
Agri View: Cattle Ranching
…1, 2015. (USDA) 30.3 million beef cows 9.32 million milk cows 39.6 million cows and heifers that calved, up 3% from 38.6 million previous year 2015 calf crop estimated 34.3…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…avocado crop estimation instructions or utilize the Avocadosource.com avocado crop estimating calculator. The “Crop Estimating Calculator” is listed under “Tools.” Growers may submit their survey responses online at the California…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…a combination of research, technical services and grants. The agency works to improve marketing opportunities for U.S. growers and producers, including those involved in specialty crop production and in the…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…growth over the last 10 to 15 years has replaced both perennial and annual crops. This includes cotton, vineyards, non-irrigated grasslands, alfalfa, grain and hay crops, tomatoes, corn, mixed field…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
Subcommittee Examines Factors Impacting Cost of Production Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, held a hearing to highlight the positive…
Slightly Higher Acres Removed in Almond Report
…the previous high prices for almonds. Prices have dropped significantly however, and producers are taking those trees out of production. Doll says the other factor is water scarcity and price….
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…data base. The mailing was made in early November 2015. The questionnaire contained previously reported crop, variety, and acreage information preprinted. Producers were asked to update the information with new…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
Integrating the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts by Jonathan Male, Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office Non-food biomass such as the crop residue (the leftover material from crops like stalks, leaves, and…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…in food production and distribution. Joining Rikkers at the market were representatives from the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, a non-profit organization that operates a farm, mobile market,…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…an ostrich is brought to slaughter the meat is sold to distributors and restaurants, the hide is sold for the production of high quality leather products, the feet are ground…
Bison Our National Mammal
…Browning, Montana, in a culturally and spiritually meaningful homecoming. Bison production on private ranches is in its strongest economic condition in more than a decade. The total value of privately…