Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering the importance of growers getting a handle on mite…
Registration Available for Grazing and Prescribed Burning Online Workshop
…and Natural Resources Advisor for San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, Devii Rao explained how those interested can participate in the Grazing and Prescribed Burning for Fire Safety workshop….
Common Diseases that Can Dampen Your Summer Tomato Crops
…from them. Use the same controls as for septoria leaf spot. Mosaic virus attacks many kinds of plants and is common in tomatoes. While mosaic virus doesn’t kill the plant,…
CAWG Foundation Awards $30,000 in Student Scholarships
…the year. Angeli plans to attend UCLA, major in nursing and someday earn a master’s degree. Her teacher wrote that Angeli is “one of the most dedicated, hardworking, responsible and…
Successful Elimination of Virulent Newcastle Disease in California
…California, while still adhering to the mandated safety protocols. Jones explained that their outreach with community members and industry stakeholders should allow the state to be better prepared in the…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 06-02-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering how the walnut industry is working with others to…
Working Together: Relieving Pressure on Increasing Complexity of Research
The California Walnut Board (CWB) is one of three groups that is helping to relieve some of the pressure facing UC Cooperative Extension advisors who conduct essential research for the…
Tomato Plant Diseases to Watch Out for this Summer
…away, though. Growing healthy tomato plants is relatively simple when you plant disease-resistant varieties, space plants properly, mulch, and water at least 1 inch per week. Septoria leaf spots is…
UC Studies Look at Costs and Returns for Irrigated Pastureland
A couple of new studies have been made available looking at the costs and returns for establishing and producing irrigated pasture. The two studies from UC ANR’s Agricultural Issues Center…
UC ANR Getting Creative with Diversifying Funding Support
The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) is continuing work to help diversify funding support for a variety of different programs and initiatives. Budget constraints over the…
USDA Approves $2.5 Million for California Water Investments
…handling systems that are decades old,” Brand said in a news release. “These investments create jobs and improve public health and safety for our rural neighbors.” The Donner Summit Public…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 06-01-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering NASS estimating an increase for California processing tomatoes and…
Building a New Flower Bed
…raised flower bed planting ideas include a center row of tall and medium-height blooms with a border of cascading flowers like bacopa, ivy geranium, moss rose, or calibrachoa. Other ideas…
Processing Tomatoes, Walnuts See Slight Forecast Increase
…227,000 acres, 7,000 acres less than the planted contracts. See the full 2020 California Processing Tomato Report. The NASS also showed a slight increase for California’s Walnuts this season. The walnut acreage…