Dow AgroSciences received U.S. EPA and California Department of Pesticide Regulation approval for Quintec® fungicide on tomatoes. Quintec provides control of powdery mildew. Numerous field trials – conducted by the…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Interior Secretary Jewell Outline Wildfire Threat During Upcoming Fire Season
…and nearly 1,200 support personnel, as well as 700 engines and 130 pieces of heavy equipment in preparation for this year’s wildfire season. The Department will have 100 Single Engine…
Hortau Secures $5M in Financing from Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners
…to continue growing its U.S. operations, including its technical support team and best-in-class service for its mobile platform and in-field irrigation management systems. “This investment will help us grow the…
Familiarizing Growers With Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Strawberry growers on the Central Coast got an update on drones and drone use. All Drone Solutions was at the Santa Maria Strawberry Field Day to…
Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Scholarship Recipients
…Cindy Gander, plans on initially attending Sierra College as he pursues his studies in ag and crop sciences. Nicole Helms plans on attending Yuba College in preparation for her career…
Central Valley ACP Update
…detection to make sure they submit their Pesticide Use Reports. A single Asian citrus psyllid was also detected in two different residential traps in North East Bakersfield – one in…
EPA Finalizes Proposed ‘Waters of the US’ Rule
…preparation for a hearing that the maps were discovered. The taxpayer-funded maps, presumably kept hidden for years, painted an “astonishing picture” of what EPA intended to regulate, as Committee Chairman…
USDA Seeks Input from Growers About 2015 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, and Values
…Regional Field Office. “Information growers provide serves as the first clear sign of the prospective production and supply of major commodities in the United States for the 2015 crop year.”…
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Socially-Disadvantaged Producers
…agriculture is becoming increasingly diverse in many ways, with more minorities and women seeking to enter the field, as well as greater diversity in the age of farmers, the size…
Beet Curly Top Virus Grower Alert
Beet Leafhopper Overwintering Adult The Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program (BCTVCP) would like to remind tomato growers to be aware of fallow fields, almond/pistachio orchards, or vineyards with weedy…
Trials Looking Into Rhodococcus Field Transfer
Researchers have identified a bacteria that causes bushy top syndrome in pistachios, and trials are looking into transfer possibilities of the bacteria in the field. Trials Looking Into Field Transfer…
Important Insurance Change Deadline
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is hitting as many field days as possible to spread the word about a big change in crop insurance policies. Important Insurance Change Deadline FSA…
Best Jobs for Grads = Agriculture, Part 1
In this, the first part of a two part series, Cathy Isom checks out the career field in demand for college grads. Best Jobs for Grads…
Bushy Top Syndrome Sanitation Recommendations
…for a few years and she was able to produce some findings on sanitation. The previous recommendations advised growers to sanitize field equipment as much as possible, but there wasn’t…