…and public relations skills. Participants will develop and enhance their leadership skills through communication, business etiquette, negotiation skills, time management, and team building workshops. Instruction will be provided by recognized…
The ASA Plant and Soil Conference
…The conference includes technical sessions on a wide range of topics including: Nutrient management in annual and perennial crops Salinity management in crop production Water and drought management Pest management…
Will Cold Spell Affect Pest Populations?
…Coast areas may see lighter pest pressure. The freeze was a big problem for citrus growers. And a big pest problem for growers is the Asian citrus psyllid. It’s not…
NRCS Online Education on Nutrient Management
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has online education modules available for nutrient management practices. Rod Bain has the story. Click to Open or Download Audio Report Get more information at…
Breaking News: Governor Makes Official Drought Declaration
…also update their legally required urban and agricultural water management plans, which help plan for extended drought conditions. The Department of Water Resources will make the status of these updates…
BDCP Public Open House Meetings Begin This Week in Fresno and Bakersfield
…and includes specific and program-level actions and adaptive management to address other ecological stressors. The associated Draft EIR/EIS evaluates the proposed BDCP action, a no action alternative and 15 other…
Center for Produce Safety Announces Call for Research Proposals
…priorities endeavor to better understand risk potential and to develop more effective food safety management tools. Factors affecting human pathogen persistence, routes of produce contamination, agricultural water, and harvest and…
EPA Awards more than $460,000 for environmental Projects along the U.S.-Mexico Border
…the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. City of Nogales, Sonora Used Oil Collection and Management in Nogales Nogales, Sonora Grant Amount: $16,508 The city of Nogales will expand its used…
Free Training on Safe Spraying for Agriculture
This January, the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau and its partner agencies will hold the third annual Spray Safe event, a free training dedicated to educating Yuba-Sutter growers, employees, supervisors, pest control…
California Farms and Consumers in Jeopardy
…consumers throughout the state. Despite joint federal and state project facilities designed to provide a stable water supply for 25 million Californians and a third of California’s farmland, the management…
Speaker Series to Celebrate UCCE 100th Anniversary
…and urban landscapes. Speakers will discuss the use of natural enemies to control pests, insect problems that have been introduced into California from other countries, and the imminent threat of…
Citrus Industry This Week: Diaprepes Strategy; FDOC Report
Citrus Industry This Week, formerly known as Citrus Industry E-news Exclusive, includes information on diaprepres management and a report from the Florida Department of Citrus. Want to learn more? Click…
Almond Board: Winter Sanitation for NOW Control
…trees. In fact, UC pest management guidelines say there should be no more than two mummy nuts per tree for orchards in northern parts of the state. In southern areas,…
USDA Addresses Threat To Citrus Industry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to control a disease threatening the nation’s citrus industry. For more information: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/citrus_greening/index.shtml http://www.ars.usda.gov/citrusgreening/ http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/citrus-greening/…