…Audio Report Fresno County Agriculture Commissioner Les Wright says many vegetable growers in his area are forced to cut back their plantings for winter crops due to a lack of…
Governor Signs Hemp Bill
…care, clothing, paper, auto parts, composites, building materials, and bio-fuels. Like with other crops, enforcement and oversight of hemp production would be by the California Department of Food and Agriculture…
‘Celebrate Agriculture with the Arts’ Show in Madera Honors Agriculture
…Farm Machinery & Structures, Fruits and Nuts, Human Factor in Agriculture, Irrigation, Row & Field Crops, Pomegranate Festival, and Vegetables & Vines). The exhibition begins with a wine and appetizer…
Drop in USDA Agricultural Prices Report
Producers receiving lower prices for corn and feed grains, among other crops, led to a drop in USDA’s Agricultural Prices Report in September. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or…
AgNet West E-news: New ACP Discovery; Water Meetings; Specialty Crop Grants
This week’s issue of the AgNet West e-News includes information on the new Asian citrus psyllid discovery in Tulare County, water meetings, and specialty crop block grants. Click here to…
2013 Specialty Crop Block Grants
USDA issued its 2013 Specialty Crop Block Grant awards to help fruit, vegetable, and horticultural producers. Rod Bain has the story. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California was…
California Leads Nation in Specialty Crop Funding
…for specialty crop producers through market development activities that focus on local, regional, or international markets; development of effective agritourism associations to enhance rural tourism and promote specialty crops; food…
California Agriculture Headlines for September 24
…Salinas. More California produce is headed down under. The export market in Australia has opened up to more crops. Peaches and nectarines from California and the Pacific Northwest are now…
Sorghum Field Day Next Week
…grass and one of the top cereal crops in the world. It’s highly drought tolerant and here in the U.S. is mainly used as an animal feed but is gaining…
California Crop Update
Sabrina Hill has an update on several California crops. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California navel orange production for the 2013-2014 season is forecast at 1.76 million tons…
Almond Board: Behind the Scenes in Produce Marketing
…Board of California. Click to Open or Download Audio Report We report a lot on how well certain crops are doing in revenues top crop sales, and marketing is certainly…
California Ag Headlines for September 6
…Checking in with some of the other crops around the state: Cotton boll opening is about a third complete. And so far this year, cotton condition is 85% good to…
More Concern for Nation’s Corn, Soybean Crops
…things here in California. Another week of drought means another week of concern about the developing corn and soybean crops. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
California Agriculture Hits New Record
…three of the major nut crops – almond, walnuts, and pistachios – blew past the billion-dollar threshold. Meanwhile, the value of grapes edged higher than that of almonds in 2012,…