The University of California Cooperative Extension has produced a video with important tools for walnut growers. Video Series Highlights Walnut Tree Techniques With help from many other industry professionals, Cooperative…
Leafhopper Management has Little Options
Courtesy: UCCE Leafhoppers are causing substantial loss in southern California alfalfa, and management practices are limited. Leafhopper Mangement has Little Options Southern California alfalfa growers deal with leafhoppers every year,…
Citrus Industry This Week: TAP Info; Psyllid Control Frustrations
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida features information for growers on the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) and a report from the Peace River region on psyllid control…
USDA Invests Nearly $118 Million to Support America’s Specialty Crop Producers
…projects that help support specialty crop growers, including locally grown fruits and vegetables, through research and programs to increase demand. In addition, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces New Support for America’s Specialty Crop Producers
…crop support for fruit and vegetable growers. The 2014 Farm Bill provided historic support to strengthen rural communities by supporting local and regional markets and improving access to fresh, healthy,…
Record Walnut Production Forecast
…purposes. Despite a lack of chilling hours and a drought that has hit California, the 2014 walnut crop is forecast at a record level. Growers used surface water where available…
Merced County Farm Bureau Hosting the 3rd Annual FARM2U Day
…this day will be their first interaction with someone in the farming community. “As the disconnect between growers and consumers continues to increase events like FARM2U give us in agriculture…
Raising the Bar; How Protecting You From Pesticides Has Changed
…and her team holds lots of meetings with growers and professionals explaining what chemicals can and cannot be used. And with the regions growers now planting a variety of crops…
Program Boosts Farmers’ Markets
One of the recent programs receiving funding through the Farm Bill will directly help smaller specialty crop growers. Program Boosts Farmers’ Markets Agriculture Marketing Service Administrator Anne Alonzo says the…
USDA Helps Deliver the Latest in Innovative Agricultural Methods to Small, Socially Disadvantaged Agricultural Producers
…Maui Acquaponics Workers Cooperative, the Palili ‘O Kohala Cooperative, the Ka’u Coffee Growers Cooperative and the Molokai Livestock Cooperative. Louisiana Coastal Communities Consulting, Inc. – $200,000 grant; To provide legal…
All of Tulare County Added to Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine
…revenue to growers and $3.6 billion in lost economic activity. The disease is present in Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Texas. The states of Alabama, Arizona, Hawaii, and Mississippi have…
USDA Awards Over $52 Million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies
…information and will improve the ability of growers to develop the Organic System Plan required for certification. For fiscal year 2014, special emphasis was given to research, education and extension…
USDA Announces 2014-Crop Sugar Loan Rates and FY 2015 Sugar Program Provisions
…beet and sugarcane processors receiving Commodity Credit Corporation loans in FY 2015 must make minimum grower payments for all sugar beets and sugarcane received from growers. Processors failing to meet…
Deadlines Approching for Disaster Programs
Two deadlines are fast approaching for USDA disaster assistance programs. Cotton growers have only days more to sign up for a Farm Bill program that bridges old farm payment programs…