Houston Wilson, Associate Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside, emphasized the need for proper and thorough winter sanitation in nut orchards in the wake of…
Sanitation of Agricultural Field Equipment Questionnaire
A team of crop pest management and food safety researchers in the U.S. is conducting a survey to gather information on field equipment sanitation practices in agriculture. The study addresses…
Almond Update: Preventing Another Year of Substantial NOW Damage
…hindered growers’ ability to access orchards and implement sanitation programs last season, further underscoring the importance of sanitation efforts in preventing NOW damage. “If you take that in conjunction with…
A New Pest Threat for California Tree Nuts
…address this issue, winter sanitation is proposed as the initial step. Similar to the navel orangeworm, the beetles overwinter in mummy nuts in the field. However, uncertainties remain regarding the…
Fusarium Wilt Race 2: A New Potential Threat in Strawberries
…helpful at that point. So, it can really help us emphasize the need for prevention through sanitation if it’s only found in a few areas.” Brian German Ag News Director…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 07-25-23
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers checkoff amendment opposition, California wheat harvest updates, sanitation approaches in the processing tomato…
Prop 1 Funding to Bring More Irrigation Water to South Sacramento County
Multi-purpose Project Will Use Up to 50,000 Acre-feet of Recycled Water for Irrigation in South Sacramento County The California Water Commission on Wednesday awarded the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San)…
Almond Update: Success with Mass Trapping of NOW Females
…he considers the approximately $70 an acre he is spending on traps and other materials as a “kind of cheap insurance.” The female NOW trapping and winter sanitation efforts have…
Almond Matters: Managing Leaffooted Plant Bugs in Orchards
…sanitation or some type of broad-spectrum application, they’re there and they’ll move out of those pomegranates onto tree fruit, onto almonds, and pistachios.” After overwintering in areas like pomegranate orchards,…
Agronomic Minute: Keeping Vineyards Disease Free After Pruning
…wound diseases and that the size of the wound left from pruning can make some vines more susceptible to disease or pathogens. Practicing sanitation between cuts or between vines, can…
Almond Matters: Prepping for Next Season with Winter Programs
…are also continuing to address mummy nuts as part of their winter programs. “Then probably the biggest thing is just orchard maintenance, sanitation, cleaning things up, getting things cleared up,…
Week in Review: Railroad Strike Averted for Now & Little Surprise in Latest Citrus Acreage Report
…and diseases within tomato production include developing better strategies for equipment sanitation. Get all of the agricultural headlines of the week directly in your inbox by subscribing to the newsletter….
Equipment Sanitation: Keeping Tomato Fields Safe from Pests and Diseases
…sanitation practices. “Every trailer once it goes through the field comes back to the cannery. So, there’s really a wonderful opportunity there to do effective trailer sanitation and that’s something…
Week in Review: Federals See Drought Impacts in Person & Harvester Sanitation Considerations
…for harvester sanitation approaches. A total of 50 projects in California are being funded through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. A coalition of agricultural organizations highlighted the need for…