…for California citrus growers. Sabrina Hill reports. California citrus could return to China The Chinese delegation will tour the state’s biggest citrus-producing areas, including the San Joaquin Valley and Ventura…
More Cling Peach Acreage Needed
California growers are getting an incentive to increase cling peach production. According to the California Farm Bureau, farmers who planted new cling peach orchards have the opportunity to get 20-year…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…the NCC’s Member Services director, Memphis, Tenn.; and Richey Seaton, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, Perry. The tour, which was arranged by the Montana Grain Growers Association, will…
Stop Huanglongbing Before It Starts in CA Citrus
…psyllid, which can carry and spread Huanglongbing disease. He says growers and those working in the citrus groves need to take precautions to keep the psyllid at bay. Hill says…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…The BCTVCP would like to remind growers to treat any fallow fields and roadside host plants before disking or mowing, to prevent movement of beet leafhoppers into neighboring tomato fields….
Organizations Confirm Support for Biotech Wheat
…of Ontario • Grain Growers of Canada • Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association Australian signatories: • AgForce Queensland • Grain Growers Limited • Grain Producers Australia • Grain Producers SA…
Costa Announces $6.3 Million in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants
…federal funding to help communities in California modernize their water infrastructure and more efficiently use scarce water resources. “San Joaquin Valley growers are national leaders in water conservation because they…
Almond Board: Sustainability Program Focus
…assessed crops. A number they feel represents the industry well and they are continuing to grow. Curtis Said that growers are sometimes surprised when they get involved in the program….
Time to End Trade Talks with Japan?
…the story. TPP Trade Talks with Japan Grassley sides with the National Pork Producers Council, National Association of Wheat Growers, USA Rice Federation and others in calling on the Obama…
Weekly Broiler Hatchery Report Released
…the United States Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 172 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 31, 2014, down 1…
Crop Progress for June 4
…develop; growers were thinning and tipping bunches. Grape growers trained vines and thinned leaves to allow sunlight and airflow. Olive and pomegranate fruit was increasing in size. Apricots, cherries, nectarines,…
Citrus Meeting to Focus on ACP Spread Prevention
Growers in Southern California are invited to attend a meeting on preventing the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid. Sabrina Hill has the details. ACP prevention meeting for citrus industry…
Push for Immigration Reform Continues
…Growers Association Robert Sakata. Sakata says it was up to him to explain how important the issue is to growers everywhere. Sakata told Biden that it is important that Congress…
2014 California Dried Plum (Prune) Forecast
…Questionnaires were mailed to growers on April 21, 2014 with return requested by May 5th. Non-respondents were telephoned. Responses were received from 253 growers whose acres represent 48 percent of…