Two USDA funding initiatives offer support for efforts to boost research for specialty crops and organics. Initiatives Support Specialty Crop and Organic Research…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review March 6
…this edition of USDA Week In Review, healthy eating at schools, organic egg farming, and food prices rising a bit. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fsa.usda.gov www.fns.usda.gov www.ers.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
USDA to Survey Farmers’ Planting Intentions for 2015
…to provide information about the types of crops they intend to plant in 2015, how many acres they intend to plant, and the amounts of grain and oilseed they store…
National Agriculture Day Luncheon – Tickets Available
…founder of Orchard Supply Hardware and donated 3,000 acres (Swanton Pacific Ranch) in the north coast to Cal Poly. The ranch has row crops, timber and even a one-third-scale railroad,…
Port Backup Creating Opportunities for Thieves
…the orchard; only this time they came prepared. Freezing temperatures hit citrus growers hard last year and the cold was devastating to Thomas’s winter crop. This winter has been a…
Sending farmers to Mars
…their crops. Does that sound familiar? Yes, they will have to be as good as a California grower who has had a lot of practice squeezing a living out of…
Interview on Luna Fungicide by Bayer
Joel Lipstick, Product Manager for Bayer CropScience discusses Luna Fungicide for California crops and the importance of maintaining fungicide treatments even in dry times. Joel Lipstich talks about Luna by…
Agriphar Products for Citrus and Almonds
Chris Wooley, North America Marketing Director with Agriphar Crop Solutions, discusses two products for California crops – one that fights Asian citrus psyllid in citrus, and one that fights pests…
Fresno County Farm Bureau Issues Statement on Water Supply for County’s Federal Water Contractors
…large amount of acreage and bulldoze crops, which would have generated jobs, created value-added food products that stimulate significant economic activity for the county and region, as well as a…
Tomatoes on Drip Might Need Added Potassium
Experts are seeing a need to add potassium to some tomato crops that are being drip irrigated. Might Need Added Potassium Researchers are seeing low potassium numbers from soils in…
Export Training Course Comes to CDFA
…Development, are the organizers of the training program. “As incomes rise in foreign markets, California’s specialty crops are increasingly in demand among the world’s consumers. We are seeing a lot…
Devastating Citrus Greening Disease Targeted by USDA Grants
…U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative, will be used to develop non-transgenic techniques that either kill Asian citrus psyllids or prevent the tiny insects from spreading the disease…
Citrus Industry This Week: Pruning Advice for HLB Trees; Florida Freeze Warning
…preparing for tonight’s expected cold temperatures. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe free and view the current issue. Click here to subscribe to the monthly Citrus Industry magazine….
Western View: Critical Meeting Wednesday – You’re Invited
…the Board for 26 years, rising to Deputy Director in 2000 and Executive Director in 2010. The Board has a meeting scheduled for 9:00 Wednesday morning, and the Nisei farmer’s…