…three to four degrees thereby assuring no significant fruit damage for any of the major varieties, navel oranges, lemons and mandarins. “Growers initiated frost protection by 10 PM in most…
Almond Board: Winter Sanitation for Almond Orchards
Winter sanitation can be a vital part of navel orangeworm control for almond orchards. Sabrina Hill speaks with an expert. Winter Sanitation for Almonds…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in San Joaquin County
…the quarantine area. In addition to San Joaquin County, ACP quarantines are now in place in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura, and…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Santa Clara County
…are now in place in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura, and portions of Fresno, Kern, and San Luis Obispo counties. The ACP…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…is available online at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/go/acp-quarantine. In addition to quarantines in portions of Kern, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo counties, ACP entire-county quarantines remain in place in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange,…
Citrus Industry This Week: Citrus Crop Forecast is Tomorrow
…of the Florida orange crop will be. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe free and view the current issue. Click here to subscribe to the monthly Citrus Industry…
EPA Announces $183 Million to Improve Water Quality, Infrastructure in California
…Consolidation Incentive Project with the Orange Center School. The project, estimated to cost approximately $250 million, envisions a new surface water treatment plant to supplement the city’s existing ground water…
California Navel Orange Production Forecast
The initial 2014-15 Navel orange forecast is 81.0 million cartons. Of the total Navel orange forecast, 78.0 million cartons are estimated to be in the Central Valley. This forecast is…
All of Tulare County Added to Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine
…Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. The ACP is an invasive species of grave concern because it can carry the disease huanglongbing (HLB), also…
Agri View: Citrus Experiment
Everett Griner talks about the Satsuma Orange in today’s Agri View. Citrus Experiment…
Citrus Industry This Week: Grower’s Crop Guesstimate; Acreage Survey
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida features a video of citrus grower Wayne Simmons giving his orange crop guesstimate and what the numbers from the latest Florida…
California Crop Weather
…pears, Asian pears, pomegranates, quince, and olives continued. Late variety peaches, plums, nectarines, and pluots were picked. Growers began pruning stone fruit orchards that had completed harvest. Valencia orange harvest…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. The ACP is an invasive species of grave concern because it can carry the disease huanglongbing…
Citrus Utilized Production Down 15 Percent, Value Up 7 Percent
…except Arizona, which was unchanged. The value of the 2013-2014 United States citrus crop was up 7 percent from last season, at $3.39 billion (packinghouse-door equivalent). Orange value of production…