…block grant in the amount of $225,000, to help prepare growers and irrigators to meet the challenges of ever increasing water quality regulations and dwindling water supplies. The commission’s grower…
Citrus Growers Waiting for Action
Growers in the heart of California’s top citrus area are stuck in a holding pattern, as they wait for word on how the state plans to manage additional findings of…
Almond Board: New Workshops Added to Almond Conference
The Almond Board continues to plan educational seminars for growers during their annual almond conference scheduled for December 3 through 5 in Sacramento. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
Pear Meeting This Month
There’s a meeting coming up for pear growers. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California’s pear season is winding down, and many growers are reporting that it’s been a…
CDFA Meeting to Focus on Ag Research
…California Citrus Research Board. “Agricultural research needs to be readily available, relevant to what we need as growers, and responsive to overall industry needs,” said Craig McNamara, president of the…
Lack of Water for CA Crops Could Mean Shortages
…Audio Report Fresno County Agriculture Commissioner Les Wright says many vegetable growers in his area are forced to cut back their plantings for winter crops due to a lack of…
YSFB Supports Ordinance to Restrict Marijuana Cultivation
…the cultivation of marijuana within 2,000 feet of any school, church, park or youth-oriented facility as a public nuisance; it would enact thorough documentation requirements for growers of medical marijuana;…
Ordinance to Stop Walnut Theft
The walnut harvest is underway in Butte and surrounding counties. In previous years walnut growers were the targets of thieves but a new ordinance could make things different this year….
Almond Board: Almond Processing and Food Safety
Food safety is important to the Almond Board of California and almond growers. Sabrina Hill has more on how the Almond Board recently gave Food and Drug Administration representatives a…
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Webcast October 11
…president Gary Cooper will again anchor the broadcast from Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association’s membership luncheon in Arcadia, FL. Several other gatherings around the state will bring growers together…
ACP Update: New Psyllid in Exeter, Quarantines Expanded
…revenue to growers and $3.6 billion in lost economic activity. The disease is present in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina. The states of Hawaii, Arizona, Mississippi and Alabama have…
Southern Cotton Growers Watch the Weather
In news from around the nation, cotton bolls are open across the South which has a watchful eye open for rain and wind. Susan Carter reports. Click to Open or…
ACP Quarantine Expansion in Tulare and Kern Counties
…the disease has tallied more than 6,600 lost jobs, $1.3 billion in lost revenue to growers and $3.6 billion in lost economic activity. The disease is present in Texas, Louisiana,…
California Agriculture Headlines for September 24
Today’s California agriculture headlines include information on a presentation on spinach in the Salinas Valley, Australia welcoming more California fruit, a field day for cotton growers, and a meeting for…