An incentive program that makes it more affordable for almond and walnut producers to implement low-dust harvesting equipment has more than doubled. The Almond Board of California added that growers…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…technique organic spinach growers use is harvesting the crop early, before disease symptoms manifest and take over the entire field. Though that means less yield, Trebino said, it’s better than…
The Western View: The Blossom Trail
…by their height – nut trees grow tall, but fruit trees are kept short for harvesting and their tops are cut flat. The plum trees have dark wood. The stone…
‘A Day Without Immigrants’ Impacting Agriculture
…the protests, with one source sharing that as many as 40 percent of workers were missing today. Some Ventura County, California, growers reported that approximately 50 percent of harvesting employees…
Agri View: Hard Choices
…are parts of our country where labor shortages have had an impact on harvesting. Now, as planting season approaches, farmers are, in some places, are already trying to line up…
California Avocados See Good 2016
…while some California avocados are already in distribution in a few local chains, in general, it looks like there will be a ramp-up of harvesting in mid to late spring….
Almond Assessment Increase Approved
…such as: (a) our changing water supply, (b) air quality issues, as they relate to harvesting and pesticide and energy use; and (c) bee health, which is critical to the…
Immigration Crackdown Could Increase Food Prices
…harvesting fruit and 61 percent of all employees on vegetable farms, and as many as half of all workers picking crops. Agricultural economists say any interruption in the workforce would…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…stick around. We need that first frost to get rid of some of these bugs.” Farther south, near Holtville, harvesting got under way early. “We’re just starting romaine right now,”…
Cargill, BASF Developing Omega-3 Rich Canola
This replacement oil would ease harvesting pressure on wild fish populations A new groundbreaking type of canola in development by Cargill could give aquaculture farmers a more sustainable way to…
Lone Star Ranch Named 2016 California Leopold Conservation Award® Recipient
…5,000 new plantings each winter. They also conduct an annual survey of northern spotted owls and provide setbacks of harvesting timber around streams for the protection of Coho Salmon. Their…
Cotton Harvesting Behind the “Normal” Pace
The cotton harvest is continuing to be significantly behind the five year average and the pace of last year at this time. Gary Crawford has the story. behind the normal…
Incentives to Grow the Bioeconomy and Improve Forest Health
…there is $3 million total available for BCAP, half of which is for harvesting and delivering forest or agricultural residues to a USDA-approved energy facility. BCAP also provides financial assistance…
USDA WASDE Report At a Glance
…value (STRV) because of earlier-than-forecast harvesting taking place in September, consequently increasing the 2015/16 beet sugar production total by that same amount. Cotton: This month’s 2016/17 U.S. cotton estimates include…