Zinc as an orchard management tool  

Oct 12, 2009,

By Richard P. Buchner, UCCE Farm Advisor, Tehama County

Zinc deficiency is probably the most common micro-nutrient affecting prune trees....

ACRE, DCP sign-up begins 

Oct 9, 2009

David Schaad, acting executive director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in California today announced that enrollment for the 2010 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program has begun and will continue through June 1, 2010....

California Fruit, Vegetable Review 

Oct 9, 2009

The latest California fruit and vegetable review from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office:...

Almond conference Dec. 9-10 

Oct 9, 2009

Acclaimed as the biggest night of the year for the almond industry, the gala dinner at this year's Dec. 9-10 Almond Industry Conference is sure to thrill and excite everyone who attends....

Ag technology conference Nov. 16 

Oct 9, 2009

With irrigation water becoming ever more scarce and energy prices rising rapidly, the University of California Cooperative Extension will share new ways for farmers to reduce these inputs at a conference Nov. 18, in Tulare....

CALF celebrates 40 years 

Oct 8, 2009

The California Agricultural Leadership Foundation (CALF) will celebrate 40 years at its annual conference, Nov. 6-7, at the Hilton Arden West in Sacramento. ...

Post-harvest orchard inspection 

Oct 8, 2009,

By David Doll, UCCE Merced County

Shaking has almost been completed throughout many almond orchards. ...

Foreigners own more U.S. farmland 

Oct 8, 2009

Foreigners have an interest (partial or total ownership) in 1.6 percent of all privately held U.S. agricultural land and 0.92 percent of all land in the United States, according to a recent USDA’s report. ...

Rice scholarship deadline nears 

Oct 8, 2009

Less than two weeks remain for high school juniors and seniors to enter the National Rice Month (NRM) Scholarship contest. ...

Preparing for Asian citrus psyllid 

Oct 6, 2009,

By Craig Kallsen, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County

As growers in southern San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside counties have experienced, the sudden discovery of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) in your backyard and the imposition of quarantine can really interfere with citrus harvest, transportation and marketing plans....

California Crop Weather report 

Oct 6, 2009

The latest California crop weather update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office:...

Arizona Agri-Weekly report 

Oct 6, 2009

The latest Arizona agriculture update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Phoenix, Ariz., field office:...

Water infiltration problems in citrus 

Oct 6, 2009,

By Neil O’Connell, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare County

By the beginning of the irrigation season, the entire root zone is usually wetted by winter rainfall....

Citrus industry gears up for HLB 

Oct 6, 2009,

By Dan Bryant, Contributing Writer

The California Citrus Research Board (CRB) has mounted an aggressive, three-pronged campaign to repel the devastating citrus disease, Huanglongbing (HLB), and its vector, Asian citrus psyllid (ACP)....

WPHA focuses on water shortage 

Oct 6, 2009,

By Richard Cornett, Western Plant Health Association, Director of Communications

The Western Plant Health Association hosted a regulatory conference in late August in downtown Sacramento that addressed many of the pressing issues facing California agriculture....

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