…Natural Resources researchers during the drought of 2010-16. The tips cover a broad spectrum of California crops, from alfalfa to walnuts. Topics also include salt management, use of greywater in…
Agri View: Agricultures Value
…the whole country, are more than just crops that keep a farmer in business. I have told you that one out of five jobs in America are somehow connected to…
Second Snow Survey Yields Concerning Measurements
…showed very little snowpack after a significantly dry December and measured only three percent of the average. The weather forecast for much of California also shows warmer than average temperatures…
CattleFax Predicts Large Supply and Strong Demand in 2018
…packing segments as shackle space becomes increasingly constrained by rising slaughter rates. With the growth in production, Good said he anticipates lower, but still profitable price levels for the cow-calf…
Almond Update: Census Deadline Approaching
The Almond Board of California is informing growers how vital the five-year census of agriculture data is to the industry, especially for specialty crops. ABC’s Carissa Sauer reminds producers that…
USDA Launches MARS
…data and reports available through MARS followed by Cotton and Tobacco, scheduled for April 2018. Dates for Livestock, Poultry and Grain and Specialty Crops will be announced on the new…
Agri View: California Farming a Different Business
…Many people would like to see it disappear. But, the true fact is that the rest of the country cannot do without the food and the other crops produced by…
U.S. Food Exports to Cuba Rising
The hard-line rhetoric against Cuba in Washington, D.C., has led to a chink in the diplomatic ties formed in the Obama-era. However, the amount of food exports going from the…
Agri View: Chill Hours and Peach Tree Production
…one geographic region to the next. But it has application wherever the fruit is grown. So, what it means is that a tree needs temperatures of 45 degrees or lower…
New ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Issued
…ability to tolerate heat stress. Encountering high temperatures is the main factor limiting where and when broccoli is grown. One cup of broccoli provides more than 100 percent of our…
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Lifted in Los Angeles County
…While fruit flies and other invasive species that threaten California’s crops and natural environment are sometimes detected in agricultural areas, the vast majority are found in urban and suburban communities….
Almond Matters: Orchard Protection Techniques
…is a longtime standby for worm control on many crops, including almonds,” said Lopez. “It’s very effective and at the same time it’s very safe on bees, so you can…
Agri View: Aquifers Water Dwindling
…crops was drill a well. There has always been an adequate supply of water in those various aquifers in the various regions of the country. But we are finding out…
Arkansas Lawmakers OK Dicamba Ban
Arkansas lawmakers approved, without discussion, a partial-ban on a herbicide that drifts on to other crops where it wasn’t applied and causes damage. An Associated Press report says the prohibition…