…as a winter crop. Dill won’t survive even the shortest freeze, but it also doesn’t like sweltering heat. Plant dill in the garden in the spring or early summer when…
Seed Industry Storms the Hill
…our health and our food. Breeding methods like gene editing can be accessible to all breeding programs—of every crop and size—and to both the public and private breeding sectors. In…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 04-01-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering Sony partnering with Syngenta for a new crop management…
California Citrus Growers Face Existential Threat in HLB
…and the crop being grown, Grafton-Cardwell points out: Lemons and mandarins grown along the coast may struggle the most because they flush continually and provide a place for the psyllid…
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Monitoring Southern Blight in Colusa County
…an issue up here,” said Area Vegetable Crops Advisor for Colusa, Sutter and Yuba Counties, Amber Vinchesi-Vahl. “Their fields that were affected, those growers are very concerned because southern blight can…
Deciphering the Walnut Genome
…Walnut Board and the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative. The study can be found here. The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief…
New Olive Contracts Being Offered to Offset Damage from Cancelations
…to purchase this year’s crop to meet our increased supply needs from any grower who commits to our modern growing and harvesting goals,” Musco Family Olive Company Chief Executive Officer…
Honey Bee Colonies More Successful By Foraging on Non-Crop Fields
Honey bee colonies foraging on land with a strong cover of clover species and alfalfa do more than three times as well than if they are put next to crop…
Biologicals Not Just for Organic Production
…“If you are looking at biofertilizers and soil amendments it is in the whole production system both for economic purposes and crop protection.” Dara added that the products need more…
Closing the Trade Loophole That Has Devastated California Olive Growers
…year’s crop,” Stever Blattler said, highlighting the secondary impact of the contract cancellations. “We believe that potentially 1,500 members of the agricultural workforce would likely lose some of their earning…
Farm Bureau Seeks Action for Olive Growers
…less than one week to determine if they will renew their crop insurance for the 2019-20 growing season. It would be difficult to incur the expense for crop insurance for…
Good Market for ‘Off’ California Avocados in 2019
…crop this year,” California Avocado Commission President Tom Bellamore said. “We had a pretty good side crop last year. So we’ll be smaller this year, but growers are hopeful that…
Researching Soil Health Using Cover Crops
…use, cover crops in between their cash crops in the summer, but because this field is in transition to organic, our grower cooperator was really interested in looking at the…