Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the numbers from DWR‘s second snow survey of the year, FB wanting the…
MSOB: Working Towards Universal Understanding of Biostimulant Products
…portfolio of 18 products helps a wide range of growers – from row crops and fruits and vegetables to tree nuts, vines, and greenhouse production – operate more sustainably while…
Cevya Fungicide Combats Disease in Variety of California Crops
Cevya fungicide from BASF is now available for California growers to fight diseases in a multitude of crops. The product received registration approval from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation…
RMA Extends Crop Insurance Flexibilities to June Due to COVID-19
…the expiration date. Providing additional time for AIPs to accept Regional Office Determined Yield, Master Yield, and Irrigated Determined Yield requests for Category B (annual) crops. Allowing AIPs to request a…
DHS Vaccine Mandate Creates Concern for Agriculture
…and have been designated as essential by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Further limiting the available workforce will exacerbate existing supply chain issues as families face rising prices and…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 01-31-22
…cover crops are presenting a more long-term approach to effective weed management, and the White House is under fire for their lack of trade efforts. Tune in to the show…
Week in Review: SWP Allocations Increased and Production Costs Outpacing Winegrape Prices
…prices being far outpaced by rising costs of production. California officials will not be enforcing the guidelines for animal welfare established in Proposition 12 after a recent court ruling. New…
Nearly $73 Million Available Through USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…nearly 11,000 projects that increased the long-term success of producers and created new and better markets for specialty crops in the U.S. and abroad.” AMS defines specialty crops as both…
Cover Crops Demonstrating Success in Combatting Morning Glory
…the grower was implementing, weed pressure was substantially lower in the field with the cover crop. On top of keeping weeds under control, Crum explained that cover crops provide “the…
Almond Update: Whole Orchard Recycling Highlighted in Mini-Doc
The Almond Board of California (ABC) has put together a mini-documentary highlighting the evolution of whole orchard recycling (WOR) in California. The video, ‘RESILIENCE: The Whole Orchard Recycling Origin Story,’…
Meat Prices Inquiry by House Oversight Subcommittee
…prices of their products despite rising profits, as well as any known federal and state investigations related to these price increases. Click here to read the full statement. Sabrina Halvorson…
Almond Matters: Maximizing the Potential of Upcoming Bloom Period
…a prolonged bloom period. However, if temperatures heat up, growers could see a rapid bloom season similar to the one that was seen a few years ago. Burkdoll noted that…
EPA Seeks Comment on Revisions to Pesticide Crop Groupings
…for crop groups based on data from a representative set of crops. Comments on the revisions must be received on or before March 11. The crop grouping parameters would be…
Winegrape Prices Not Keeping Pace with Rising Costs of Production
Growers are trying to remain resilient despite winegrape prices being far outpaced by rising costs of production. President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers, John Aguirre said the figures…