…crop. Once established, it keeps bearing fruits for many years to come. Pista fruit, in fact, is a drupe (fruit with a large, central located single seed), and it is…
Citrus Industry This Week: Crop Forecast Update; Lemons in Florida?
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes an update from the latest citrus crop forecast and information on lemons potentially joining Florida’s citrus industry. Want to learn more? Click…
Insight from Johnsongrass Mapping
…challenge is the adoption of herbicide-resistant crops around the world. “Herbicide-resistant crops have been associated with a dramatic increase in herbicide-resistant weeds,” Patterson said. “With 21 genetically similar but different…
CA Grape Acreage Report
The California Grape Acreage Report, 2015 Crop detailed data is now available online. Data is available for download in both PDF and Excel formats by table or as a PDF…
Farm Economy Top Focus for NFU Pres.
…lenders wanted to drive home to members of this committee is the importance of a strong safety net,” he stated, underscoring the importance of critical farm programs, like crop insurance…
Spring Fruit Blossoms
…on tree fruit stage of development Damage from freezes depends on the development stage of the fruit crop. These tables allow you to quickly asses the risk for your tree…
California Grape Acreage Report
…mailed to all grape growers from our database. The mailing was made in late November 2015 to approximately 8,800 grape growers. The questionnaire contained previously reported crop, variety, and acreage…
Grapefruit, Lemons Tangerines Change in April Crop Forecast
USDA April Citrus Crop Forecast Has Changes in Grapefruit and Lemons Mark Hudson, USDA/NASS delivered the April citrus crop forecast from Washington D.C.. The California Valencia orange forecast is 10.5…
DPR Fumigant Notification Workshops
…on how to notify residents living around agricultural fields, when certain types of pesticides, known as fumigants, are applied. Fumigants are gaseous pesticides injected into the ground before a crop…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
…in irrigation water, cover crops, compost and other sources, as well as with data from leaf sampling. All of this data is then used to get a total nitrogen fertilizer…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…declining crop receipts. The forecast reduction in crop value of production for 2016 reflects both lower cash receipts and the sale of crop inventories. The value of U.S. livestock production…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
…food and cover crops throughout the growing season. When the growing season is done, some use cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens to eat the remnants of the crop and trample…
Keyhole Garden
…rows of mono-culture crops could not be more at war with nature. Oddly, it’s also a massive waste of planting space with each row of crops being border by a…
New GroupGAP Program for the Produce
…scale and increasing efficiencies, GroupGAP improves market access for small and midsized farmers and benefits the entire produce industry. The AMS Specialty Crops Inspection Division (SCI) performs Good Agricultural Practices…