…House to showcase the diverse nature of agriculture production in the U.S. California will be represented by A.G. Kawamura of California, third-generation fruit and vegetable grower and shipper from Orange…
HLB Tree Triggers New Quarantine
…one large zone that includes areas of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. A total of 53 trees in California have tested positive for HLB disease. Another three trees were confirmed…
Egg-Citing News – Food Prices Down for Easter
…white bread, up 2 percent to $1.72 per 20-ounce loaf orange juice, up 1 percent to $3.22 per half-gallon whole milk, up 1 percent to $3.27 per gallon vegetable oil,…
Valencia Oranges Increase, Non-Valencia Decrease in Citrus Forecast
Mark Hudson, USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service, Washington D.C. issued the April, 2017 citrus crop forecast. Valencia Oranges Increase, Non-Valencia Decrease in Citrus Forecast The California Valencia orange forecast is…
The California Kitchen: Black Berry Chocolate Sponge Cake with a Chocolate Beer Ganache
…Sugar ½ t Kosher Sal 3 T Whole Milk ½ Cup Plus 1 T AP Flour ½ Cup Coco Powder 2 Cream Charges 5 T Rosenthal Orange Citrus Olive Oil…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…from the trees? If you were going into the orange juice business, would you build your processing plant in Maine, thousands of miles from the citrus groves of the Gulf…
Agri View: New Citrus Crop
…it looked like a crop with possibilities. Perhaps as many as thirty farmers planted small acreages of oranges and lemons just to see if they could grow them. They did….
Agri View: Long Shot Crop
Everett Griner talks about producing citrus in Alabama and Georgia may be a long shot in today’s Agri View. Long Shot Crop The Satsuma orange is finding acceptance in a…
Report Names Ag Labor in Human Trafficking List
…in the agriculture and animal husbandry industry, from corn fields to orange orchards to dairy farms. Some crops such as tobacco—the crop cited most often on Polaris-operated hotlines—require much more…
The California Kitchen: Champagne Poached Kiwi topped with an Orange Crème Anglaise
…2 Cups Champagne 3 eggs ¼ Cup Orange Juice 1 vanilla bean 2 T Vanilla 1 Cup Cream 1/3 Cup Sugar To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California…
The California Kitchen: Kiwi Crepes
…Milk 2 T Butter 1 T Sugar 1 Kiwi Cleaned 1 T YST Jelly Orange Marmalade To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. California…
California All-Orange Forecast Drops 2 Percent
The citrus crop forecast showed a 2 percent drop from last month in all oranges for California. In total, the U.S. all-orange forecast for the 2016-2017 season dropped 3 percent…
Fighting a Citrus Killer
…from the leaf microbiota of a Valencia orange tree. The researchers are working towards harnessing the chemistry that these microbes produce to develop novel antimicrobials against the causal agent of…
USDA Seeks Nominees for the National Watermelon Promotion Board
…Manatee, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Lucie and Volusia. There are 14 producers, 14 handlers, 8 importers and one public member on…