USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey shares some of the latest statistics on California’s lingering drought condition, and how that may impact some crops like cotton. California Drought Update and Some Ag…
Gov. Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
…in December.” World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim: “Four consecutive years of exceptional drought has brought home the harsh reality of rising global temperatures to the communities and businesses…
2015 Spring Walnut Grafting Demonstration and Field Meeting to be held
…Upper Lake. Local nurseryman and walnut expert Alex Suchan will demonstrate grafting and budding techniques which can also apply to other nut and fruit tree crops. Attendees will also see…
From Over 100,000 to 1: Partners Band Together to Beat the European Grapevine Moth
…County, California in 2009. Subsequent surveys detected EGVM in 11 counties in the State. The detection of this pest put fruit crops worth more than $5.7 billion at risk and…
New Crops Trending in Southern California
Agriculture leaders are starting to see some new crops in Southern California due to water restrictions and a recently passed ordinance. New Crops Trending in Southern California San Diego County…
Avocado Growers Trying High Density Farming
…Projects and membership manager Casey Anderson says their growers are forced to look at higher valued crops like avocados and a recent experiment is showing great promising for those growers….
Almond Board: Think Twice Before Using Pyrethroids for May Spray
…orchard crops at any time. So for growers now, who need to deal with navel orangeworm, Zalem has some recommendations. He says if you don’t have heavy population pressure, you…
USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture
…strategy is made of these 10 building blocks: Soil Health: Improve soil resilience and increase productivity by promoting conservation tillage and no-till systems, planting cover crops, planting perennial forages, managing…
Western View: Phenomenon in the Pacific
…the last three or four years. The blob is huge – covering much of the Pacific, stretching all the way to Japan — and in it, water temperatures are as…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…caused by human activity. While we cannot say conclusively that the drought itself was caused by rising temperatures, the warmer climate exacerbates dry conditions. Wildfire, for the first time, has…
Water Costs Changing Southern Agriculture
The cost of water is changing the landscape of Southern California Agriculture. Growers Looking at New Crops At the Small Farms Conference in San Diego last month attendees got a…
Cotton Acreage May be Lowest Since the 1920s
…crop of the San Joaquin Valley, cotton had to compete with silage and alfalfa crops used primarily by dairies. High-value nut crops have taken a bite out of traditional row…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
…snow that melts and flows into streams as temperatures warm in spring and summer. National Water and Climate Center scientists analyze the snowpack, precipitation, air temperature and other measurements taken…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…of crop choices. You’ll read that farmers insist on growing “water guzzling” crops. Right now, almonds and rice seem to be singled out, but other crops get slapped with the…