…are also draining fields in preparation for harvest. Cotton boll opening is complete on more than half of the state’s acreage. Cotton conditions are down slightly due to hot and…
Preparing for Another Dry Year
The Department of Water Resources is sponsoring events throughout the fall in preparation for the possibility that water year 2014 could be a third consecutive dry year. Sabrina Hill has…
Annual Twilight Field Day This Week
Growers and others are invited to the University of California Cooperative Extension’s annual Twilight Field Day this week. Click to Open or Download Audio Report It’s scheduled for Thursday in…
Meeting for Prune Growers
There’s a field meeting coming up this week for prune growers and PCAs who work with prune growers. Click to Open or Download Audio Report It’s sponsored by University of…
California Water Research Projects
…Click to Open or Download Audio Report Nine groups will share more than $1.1 million in awards to support laboratory and pilot scale research studies in the field of water…
Desalination, Water Purification Research Projects Funded
…in awards in support of laboratory and pilot scale research studies in the field of water desalination and purification. Through required cost shares of up to 75%, Reclamation’s funding will…
California Headlines: Gill’s Mealybug, California Grape Record, Honey Production
Sabrina Hill has today’s California agriculture headlines, which include pistachio growers attending a field day on Gill’s Mealybug, a new record for California table grapes, and California honey production. Click…
Almond Board: Almond Industry Supports Bee Health
…health and safety of those bees is important to the industry. He says at the field level, best management practices are very critical, and it all starts with a good…
Learn More about Turfgrass and Landscape
The UC Riverside Department of Agricultural Operations is having a Turfgrass & Landscape Research Field Day. It’s scheduled for next month – September 12, from 7:30 am to 2:00 pm…
Citrus Expo Exhibitor Set-up Day
The photos show the day began early in Ft. Myers at the Lee Civic Center with final preparation for the exhibitors to arrive and begin setting up. Cooking being done…
24th Annual “Arbor Essence” Event this Saturday
…event. The event includes a field day on this Saturday – August 17, at Balboa Park. For more on the event, click here. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
IREC Field Day
The Intermountain Research and Extension Center invites growers to its annual field day next week. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to open or download audio report Registration begins at 7:30…
DWR Announces Groundwater Assistance Grants
…activities. Funded projects include installation of monitoring wells, groundwater recharge investigations, data gathering and development or update of groundwater models, preparation of groundwater management plans, and other programs to assist…
Bacterial Spot in Almonds
There’s a new problem causing damage to almonds in the San Joaquin Valley this year, and almond growers have the opportunity to learn more about it at a field day…









