Online Irrigation Calculator Streamlines Decision-Making for Almond Growers A new Irrigation Calculator is available to the California Almond industry that aims to help growers irrigate more efficiently. Supported by Almond…
Almond Leadership Program Focuses on Issues
…By being proactive in a conversation like this, the participants communicate about how to develop innovative agricultural solutions to provide growers with more options.” The Almond Board of California runs…
EPA Announces Award to Protect Northern California Watersheds
…Creek and the Klamath River for Salmon, Wildlife and People – $100,000 is awarded to the Western Rivers Conservancy, based in Portland, Oregon, to implement long-term watershed protection plans, sell…
Removing HLB Infected Trees Only Option
It’s recommended that HLB infected trees be taken out if and when there start showing up in commercial groves in California and growers say Florida would be in a much…
Perfect Storm Leaves California Prunes Short
…acreage grown in California. The production forecast is based on a survey of dried plum growers conducted by the USDA, NASS, Pacific Regional Office from May 12 to May 31,…
State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program Assistance Workshops
…Award recipients met several requirements, including holding at least one workshop within a disadvantaged community, reporting on workshop attendance to CDFA, and providing computers and internet access to allow growers…
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…the Saskatchewan and Alberta Wheat Development Commissions, and the Western Grains Research Foundation through the Canadian Triticum Applied Genomics (CTAG2) project; Kansas State University through the US National Science Foundation…
Shot Hole Borer Trapping in Avocado Groves
Avocado industry monitoring the spread of shot hole borer pest U.C. Cooperative Extension, the California Avocado Commission, California Avocado Society and Cal Poly showed San Luis Obispo County growers how…
Dolcini Tours Farms
…about some of our needs as growers.” He concluded his trip at Sanchez Beekeeping where Victor and Mercy Sanchez gave Dolcini a view of their beekeeping operation. Victor shared the…
Crop Production Report
…produced in 2015. Growers reported storms with cold, wet, and windy weather during the bloom and adverse conditions for bees during the height of the pollination period. If the forecast…
Signup for Cotton Producers Starts June 20
…America’s cotton producers and our rural communities,” said Vilsack. “The Cotton Ginning Cost Share program will offer meaningful, timely and targeted assistance to cotton growers to help with their anticipated…
Almond Board: Nominate Someone for the Leopold Conservation Award
The Almond Board is encouraging growers to nominate themselves or someone they know for the Leopold Conservation Award. Almond Board Manager, Industry Communications, Carissa Sauer tells us more about the…
New Facility Proves HLB/ACP Seriousness
…be built and owned by the California Citrus Research Foundation, which is funded by citrus growers. The partnership was launched June 6 with an event called “Save R’ Citrus” at…
Psyllid Quarantines Affecting Bottom Line
Moving citrus through the state is now more costly due to Asian citrus psyllid quarantines and the threat of huanglongbing (HLB) disease and some growers see it more than others….