…Orange Counties. All of the HLB confirmed trees found in California are located in residential areas and quarantines have yet to affect any commercial groves. The only way to determine…
November Pumpkin Picking
…cooking and baking, varieties, like the Baby Bear, which weights only about one to 2 pounds are a deep orange color and have thinner seeds taste delicious when roasted. Its…
GMO Article Paints Incomplete Picture
…and Agent Orange, the author fails to distinguish between even the most basic types of chemicals used. For example, over the past two decades, farmers have excelled at replacing more…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…stake is California’s fresh citrus production. California farmers provide much of the nation’s supply of navel oranges, mandarins, lemons and specialty citrus varieties—and have looked on nervously while Florida citrus…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Placer County
…Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura Counties, with portions of Alameda, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, Placer, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis…
Florida Citrus Harvest Expected to Decline
…of non-Valencia oranges, or early, mid-season, and Navel varieties, and 36.0 million boxes of Valencia oranges. The Navel orange forecast, at one million boxes, accounts for three percent of the…
The California Kitchen: Collard Green Cranberry Sauce
…2 T Chopped Garlic 1 Cup Fresh Cranberries 1 Cup Chiffonade Collard Greens 1 Cup Orange Juice 1 T Sugar 2 Cup Beef Stock Xanthan Gum To get the cooking…
Pacific Region October Crop Production Report
…2016-17 California orange crop forecast is 50.5 million boxes. California’s Navel orange forecast is 42.0 million boxes. Harvest is expected to begin in late October or early November. California’s Valencia…
Demand for Brussels sprouts is booming
…sprouts to one’s diet. “They’re really good for you,” Bontadelli said. “They have more vitamin C than an orange, high in (vitamin) A and folic acid, a lot of anti-cancer…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…Forecast The initial 2016-17 Navel orange forecast is 84.0 million cartons. Of the total Navel orange forecast, 81.0 million cartons are estimated to be in the Central Valley. This forecast…
The California Kitchen: Peach Tomato Salsa
…or orange tomato 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves 1 tablespoonfresh cilantro 1/4 cup sweet onion 1 tablespoon lime juice 1 teaspoon jalapeño 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt To get the cooking…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…I saw an orange with a tag that read ‘a product of Africa’. I found none that said Florida or California. There were apples from New Zealand and Chile on…
Farm Bureau Survey Shows Lower Food Prices
…bag white bread, down 7 percent to $1.58 for a 20-ounce loaf orange juice, down 5 percent to $3.26 per half-gallon bacon, down 3 percent to $4.40 per pound sliced…
Tight Shell Means Less Pests
…which make a good egg-laying habitat for navel orangeworm, peach twig borer and others,” Slaughter said. “The Spanish varieties, historically, were not sprayed with pesticide to take worm numbers down….