…the winter months, vine mealybug eggs, crawlers, nymphs, and adults are under the bark, within developing buds, and on roots. As temperatures warm in spring, vine mealybug populations increase and…
Agri View: Peanut Crop
…grows nearly 10 percent of the world’s crop because of higher yields per acre. The rest of the world’s peanut production comes mainly from Argentina, Brazil, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South…
Welcome Rains May Be a Challenge to Almond Blossoms
…ambient temperatures above 55 degrees F, wind less than 15 mph and no rain, explains Dr. Franz Niederholzer, farm advisor for Sutter, Yuba and Colusa counties. “The more bee hours…
Wetter Winter Helps Ranchers Offset Lower Prices
People in the cattle business tend to agree that the record-high beef prices seen in 2014 and early 2015 likely won’t return for some time, but California ranchers see a…
Agri View: Pecan Crop
…of the start of the pecan harvest, when weather conditions were less than ideal. Georgia producers prefer cooler temperatures and drier weather, which help to preserve the crop for as…
Agri View: Agriculture Future
…grads. A new report finds there’s high demand, at least for the foreseeable future, for college graduates with a degree in agricultural programs. An average of nearly 60,000 high-skilled ag…
2016 Cattle Industry Convention Draws Strong Crowd
…rise and trade remains high priority. It’s a great time to be in the beef business and a part of this great organization.” As president of NCBA, Brunner will lead…
Effects of Drought for Forests and Rangelands
…some regions of the U.S. will become drier and that most will have more extreme variations in precipitation. Even if current drought patterns remained unchanged, warmer temperatures will amplify drought…
Haynet
…blizzard in parts of New Mexico and Texas included high mortality. And in some cases, a loss of available hay or grazing land for feed. But there’s hope, thanks to…
Agri View: China Relations
…with highly productive farms, the United States is a natural trading partner for China, a country with limited per-capita supplies of cropland and water resources. A number of land-abundant countries…
Agri View: Cost of Food
…prices are sky high by Mackensy Lunsford If you find yourself suffering from sticker shock in the grocery aisle, it’s not your imagination. A confluence of factors, environmental and otherwise,…
Nevada Ranch Wins Environmental Stewardship Award
…care. Maggie Creek Ranch is in the business of producing high quality beef while conserving and improving public and private lands. Their goal is to be the best possible stewards…
21 Groundwater Basins Identified as Critically Overdrafted
…in place by January 31, 2020. The SGMA requires all basins designated as high– or medium-priority and subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability…
Robotic Sorting Powered by Color-Sensing Camera
…The reputation of an almond sorting operation is predicated on speed, quality, consistency and productivity. Those companies that consistently produce the highest quality product in the shortest amount of time…