…and 105 handlers. “This continuing slowdown is having extensive negative consequences for not only almonds but a wide range of products that rely on the free flow of global commerce,”…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…but some more-senior riparian and pre-1914 water right holders might also be asked to stop diverting water “based on their priority or limitation of natural flow,” the letter explained. Ching…
Fighting Old Safety Problems with Poultry
…foodborne illnesses related to chicken and poultry such as Salmonella, the USDA is proposing new contamination safety standards the processors will need to meet. Fighting Old Safety Problems with Poultry…
Red Palm Weevil Eradicated From Laguna Beach, California
…to the local arborist who originally reported this pest. That gave us a valuable head-start.” According to international standards, a three-year period free from any Red Palm Weevil detections is…
CDFA Announces New Grant Funding Opportunity for Nitrogen Management Research
…developing fertilization guidelines for major crops grown in California. The guidelines are uploaded on a flow basis and are available to growers and crop advisors through this web-based platform: http://apps.cdfa.ca.gov/frep/docs/guidelines.html…
Cattlemen Urge Renewal of Trade Promotion Authority
…with perishable items like beef, this is especially concerning. These labor disputes must be settled as soon as possible to resolve the current congestion issues interrupting the flow of commerce.”…
Red Palm Weevil Eradicated from California
…In accordance with European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization international standards, a three-year period free from any RPW detections is necessary to declare this area free from this pest. APHIS…
Changing Peach Twig Borer Management
…Management Advisor Emily Symmes believes the standards for peach twig borer may be reverting back to previous techniques. Symmes added that there is one option still available for bloom periods….
Self-Fertile Almond Proving Popular
…that is self-fertile. Ron Boone with Burchell Nursery says the self-fertile variety makes it easier for bees to pollinate, and the product is proving to be comparable to the standards….
More Inaccuracies in Petiole Sampling
…that current tissue sampling methods may not be the best way to do so. Current standards sample from the petiole and nothing else. Professor of Soil Science Joan Davenport says…
Brown Administration Opposes Federal Drought Legislation
…and equitably balance all of the competing needs such as regulated and unregulated stream flow, locations of critical fish populations, upstream storage needs for temperature control and conservation purposes, salinity…
Farm Leader on House Bill HR5781
…the past three years, that runoff has been allowed to flow unabated to the ocean. Had we been able to store more of that runoff, we could have eased at…
Collaboration with Federal and State Agencies, Rice Growers and Industry Further Protect Endangered Salmon and Steelhead Trout
…standards, the use limitations on California’s on-line database that recommends protective measures for endangered and threatened species and from the management practices the California Rice Commission receives from the Central…
Precision Farming with Sap Sensors
…where Dynamax demonstrated a new sap sensor for trees. A sap sensor is an instrument that monitors the sap flow of a tree. That flow directly correlates with the tree’s…