Inseason Ag’s TreeGlove A fairly common tool in frost protection for California citrus growers is being tested in Florida for an entirely different purpose. Frost Tool Tested for ACP Management…
CA Grape Acreage Report
…California grape growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide annual grape acreage with information on new plantings and removals. It is a continuation of a long series of…
Protecting Bloom from Spring Freeze
…temperature you can protect to. by Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University Extension Many Michigan blueberry and strawberry growers use sprinkler systems to protect their crops spring freezes. The system is…
The Western View: Goodbye to Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard passed into history on April 9. He was one of us – a California farmer, a country boy who excelled in his field of work. The Western View:…
California Grape Acreage Report
…voluntary survey of approximately 8,800 grape growers is unlikely to ever attain 100 percent completeness. It is difficult to detect growers who are planting grapes for the first time. The…
Exemption Granted for PSHB Management
…develop the application for this emergency exemption. We gratefully acknowledge all of their assistance. The Commission will continue to do everything in our power to help growers find solutions to…
Sec. Ross’ Visit to Vietnam
…Karen Ross visited Vietnam last week as part of a delegation of the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association (WUSATA), a non-profit formed in 1980 by the 13 western state…
Unique Gardens
…settings than the country. And, in fact, what many of the growers are coming to terms with is that cities don’t just have the potential to produce a lot of…
Near Normal Snowpack in Most of the West
…of the Southwest are lagging behind. This year’s El Niño brought us a few surprises.” Read the full West-wide forecast or view information by state. In Western states where snowmelt…
DPR Fumigant Notification Workshops
…is planted. Increasingly, the public wants to know what chemicals are being applied around them. California grows much of the nation’s produce and growers rely on these chemicals to attack…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…pollution on human health and visibility; Drought and land-use changes in the western U.S. that may impact the incidence of dust storms; and Impacts to air quality from increased nitrogen-based…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…free-range chicken products into eastern Colorado and western Kansas markets. Congress increased funding for the Value-Added program in the 2014 Farm Bill. That law builds on historic economic gains in…
New walnut variety ‘Durham’ released
…suitable for alternate use in-shell. The expected low blight and kernel quality should be of particular interest to growers in the Sacramento Valley. ‘Durham’ kernels have large size and excellent…
Climate Change a Good Thing for Wine?
…only hold true to a point. He notes that in 2003 an extremely dry, warm growing season preceded one of France’s earliest harvests on record. Grape growers were harvesting their…