…voluntary risk management program that helps dairy producers deal with shifting milk prices and feed costs and replaces MPP-Dairy. Both MPP-Dairy reimbursement options will be subject to a 6.2 percent…
EPA: Glyphosate Products ‘No Risks to Public Health’
…ecological assessment. EPA is proposing management measures that will assist farmers better target pesticide sprays on the intended pest while protecting pollinators and reducing the potential for weeds to become…
OFAC Begins Educational Seminar Series in Salinas
…a half-hour in Soil and Water Management, another half-hour in Integrated Pest Management, an hour-and-a-half in Crop Management, a half-hour in Professional Development, and an hour-and-a-half in Sustainability.” OFAC formed…
Tamarixia Helps Reduce Psyllid Population in Southern California
…to get better management of ACP in urban areas. “In 2018 we started another program where we built transects, lines across where the disease was found and we released very…
Why You Should Consider Growing St. John’s Wort
…effects for pain management and wound healing. While you can start growing St. John’s wort from seeds indoors, they require nearly three months to germinate. These plants won’t grow very…
Hold The Line Against Huanglongbing: The Time Has Come to Meet ACP Head On
…$2.4 billion dollars value. According to California Citrus Mutual (CCM), infected trees have been found in Southern California and quarantine areas are growing. Best management practices center around controlling ACP…
Why Your Garden Needs Ladybugs
…may be tiny but they are mighty. And they are considered beneficial for a variety of reasons, from pollination to pest control. Ladybugs and their larvae are infamous for controlling…
California Almond Acreage Increases in 2018
…as they work towards producing an economically, environmentally and socially responsible crop. These four key areas – water use, harvest dust reduction, environmentally friendly pest management, zero waste – ladder…
Time Running Out to Submit CSP Applications
…authorize up to $700 million to be used on the program. CSP provides support funding for landowners participating in multiple conservation practices including cover cropping, irrigation water management, and prescribed…
Almond Matters: Prepping for Navel Orangeworm Management
…approach to navel orangeworm management. Field Market Research Representative for Valent U.S.A., Tino Lopez said that paying attention to the life cycle of the pest will play an important role…
NCBA CEO Kendal Frazier Announces Plans for Retirement
…checkoff referendum and worked to secure resources for the first checkoff-funded public relations and issues management work conducted by NCBA as a contractor to the Beef Checkoff in 1998. That…
Water Allocations Updated for CVP South-of-Delta Contractors
…of water management during one of the best water years in the historical record. “Water management decisions are based on a regulatory regime that is inflexible and a lack of…
Almond Matters: Springtime Monitoring Important for Orchard Success
…terms of weed control, making sure that your weed control programs are done, that you’re on top of your disease programs, that you’re on top of your other pest monitoring…
Investment in Sterile Navel Orangeworm Project Keeps Rearing Facility Open
…program. The project includes rearing and releasing irradiated moths into orchards to help control overall populations of the pest. “This is the largest investment in any single project we’ve made…