…Isom discussed keeping your home pest free. Today she fills us in on what we can do outdoors to help unwanted pests and insects from moving indoors. Organic Pest-part 2…
New Psyllid Find in San Luis Obispo County
…will be established by the California Department of Food and Agriculture to prevent the spread of this serious plant pest. Control efforts will take place in the near future in…
Organic Pest Control – Part 1
In this, the first of Cathy Isom’s two-part series, she tells us how to keep your home pest and insect-free without using toxic chemicals. Organic Pest Control-part 1…
Biomass Plants Closing Across the State
…California. Covanta is slowing shutting down its plants because of funding, and that would be a big hit to Kern County growers that rely on the waste management they provide….
More Areas Considering County-Wide Psyllid Quarantines
San Luis Obispo might be the next area to go to a county-wide quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). County-Wide Psyllid Quarantines The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program…
Agri View: Good Management
Everett Griner talks about forest and wildlife conservation works in today’s Agri View. Good Management…
California Leopold Conservation Award Seeks Nominees
…landowners who demonstrate outstanding stewardship and management of natural resources. “The Leopold Conservation Award celebrates the people and places where innovative and creative thinking and experimentation are taking place,” said…
Easy Ways to Help Psyllid Management
Experts are asking citrus growers for a couple specific operations when it comes to Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) area-wide treatments. Easy Ways to Help Grower Liaison Statewide Coordinator Bob Atkins…
From Over 100,000 to 1: Partners Band Together to Beat the European Grapevine Moth
…Coop staff show pest control advisors how to look for European Grapevine Moth (EGVM) pupa hidden underneath the bark at a Wicker Vineyard Management vineyard. Photo courtesy of the Napa…
USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture
…Support rotational grazing management, avoiding soil carbon loss through improved management of forage, soils and grazing livestock. By 2025, USDA plans to support improved grazing management on an additional 4…
Hungry Pest
Giant African Land Snail April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month. Cathy Isom fills us in on some ways we can keep the PESTS away from your plants…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Detected in Hollister
…for and treat for the pest. Residents in the area who think they may have seen the pest are urged to call the Pest Hotline at 1-800-491-1899. Fighting the Asian…
False Huanglongbing Report in Central Valley
…results came back negative. The tree has been treated to remove Asian citrus psyllids and will continue to be monitored for pest presence as well as symptoms of the plant…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review April 17
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, conservation in California, the pest and…