…citrus crop tally for the last crop season just finalized a few weeks ago, already the buzz is on as growers, industry and economists look toward the upcoming Florida citrus…
Citrus Industry This Week: News from Citrus Expo
Hear reports from the Citrus Expo seminars and learn who won the gun safe giveaway in today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week. Want to learn more? Click here to…
China Reopens Doors for CA Citrus
China has reopened the doors for California citrus. Sabrina Hill has more. China to allow CA citrus It’s a story we’ve been following at AgNet West. China stopped allowing citrus…
SLO Deals with Additional ACP Finds
Citrus growers around the state are watching San Luis Obispo County now, as more Asian citrus psyllids are discovered in the area. Sabrina Hill has more. Additional Asian Citrus Psyllid…
Millennials Not Eating as Much Sugar
…and yogurt, deli meals demand is gaining, organic foods are growing, and fresh baked goods are doing well. Many of those trends reflect the Millennial consumers’ demand for fresh foods….
Citrus Industry This Week: Nutrient Overdose Research; Psyllids with HLB
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes information on nutrient overdose research projects that are resulting in new growth on HLB-infected citrus trees, as well as a…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…year for a total of $125 million of the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative funding toward citrus health research over the next five years. Citrus Disease Subcommittee: A subcommittee has…
Another ACP Discovery in SLO County
An Asian citrus psyllid has turned up in a trap in a residential area in San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo, CA — The detection of an adult Asian Citrus…
CA Citrus Research Board Learning from Mexico
Courtesy: UCANR Members of the California Citrus Research Board just returned home from Mexico, where they learned more about that country’s battle against the Asian citrus psyllid. Gary Cooper has…
Golden State Experience for NAFB
…to see local crops like artichokes, pick organic strawberries fresh from the field, taste organic wine and see how important California FFA is to our ag industry and communities. Atkinson,…
Citrus Industry This Week: New Psyllid Management Tool; CRDF Staffs Up
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes information on a new tool to manage pysllids and a report from the Citrus Research and Development Foundation on staff…
Agri View: Citrus Greening
Everett Griner talks about Texas citrus growers also fighting greening in today’s Agri View. Citrus Greening…
As Trade Mission to Mexico Ends, Collaborative Efforts Will Continue
…CDFA Secretary Karen Ross; Richard Matoian, American Pistachio Growers; Bryce Lundberg, State Food and Ag Board Member; and Jake Lewin, California Certified Organic Farmers. (Photo from ca.gov Planting Seeds) Our…
Quarantine Boundaries Complicating Business
Large quarantine boundaries around the state are causing their own problems. Tulare County’s Asian citrus psyllid quarantine boundary has gotten so big that there is little outside the area. State…