California Almond prices are expected to climb as worldwide demand continues to put pressure on limited supply. The president and CEO of Blue Diamond Growers, Mark Jansen says last year’s…
LGMA CEO Discusses New Regulations
The CEO of the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, Scott Horsfall, has encouraging words for growers on aligning with the new proposed federal produce safety rules. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to…
Rice Predictions for 2013
What’s ahead for California’s rice growers? Sabrina Hill takes a look. Click to Open or Download Audio Report Rice is an important crop in California, and in fact, our state…
Partial Lift for Grapevine Moth Quarantine
…Growers in Santa Clara, Nevada and Santa Cruz counties along with a portion of Sonoma County got great news this week: The quarantine for the European grapevine moth is being…
Mandarin Crop Looks Good
So far, so good for the San Joaquin Valley Mandarin crop, following our first bout with freezing temperatures. Mandarin growers are busy this month watching the weather and ready at…
Better Crop Protection With Mode Changes
We’ve kept you up-to-date on the citrus restrictions to battle the Asian citrus psyllid. Now we’ve talked with a specialist at DuPont Crop Protection about how growers of all types…
California Water Allocation for 2013
News for California farmers from the water front. Recent storms may help out growers next year. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report The state Department of…
Almond Growers Increase Yields
California almond growers have experienced a huge increase in yields over the past 20-years. A big part of that is being credited to farmers and researchers working together. Joe MacIlvaine,…
Fresno Food Expo
It’s becoming known a marketing opportunity for food growers, producers, winemakers and brewers in the San Joaquin Valley. Sabrina Hill reports on the Fresno Food Expo. Click to Open or…
Dealing with Asian Citrus Psyllid in Imperial Co.
Citrus growers in southern California are faced with the same disease spreading pest found in parts of the Central Valley. Despite additional findings of the Asian Citrus Psyllid in Imperial…
Christmas Tree Farmers See Rise in Sales
Christmas tree growers and retailers are optimistic about sales of real trees this year after a big turnaround last season. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio…
Census Adds Information on Christmas Trees
The Christmas tree industry is eagerly awaiting results from this upcoming Census of Agriculture, but first growers will need to respond to the questionaire that’s heading their way. Sabrina Hill…
Cotton Plowdown in Fresno County
Cotton growers in Fresno County are urged to complete their plowdown activities as soon as possible. Stalks must be shredded by a power-driven shredder that will effectively reduce stalks to…
CA Raisin Appeal
…from a federal marketing program that would take some of the California raisin crop off the market. Growers in the Central Valley say it would unfairly keep them from selling…