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CDFA’s Pest Exclusion Branch is seeking applicants to fill vacancy on Seed Advisory Board
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Pest Exclusion Branch is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on its Seed Advisory Board. The board includes seven members who are seed labelers and two members... more »
California strawberry industry marks 10 years of Strawberry Center contributions
California's strawberry industry recently marked contributions made by its industry research facility. The California Strawberry Commission (CSC) and Cal Poly celebrated a decade of research and collaboration at the 10th Anniversary Strawberry Center Field Day... more »
Searing heat, reduced plantings harming California processing tomato crop
California’s processing tomato crop is being harmed by intense heat and reduced plantings. California farmers began harvesting processing tomatoes across the Central Valley in late July. With searing heat waves impacting pollination for some plantings... more »
Foxy-The Nunes Co.’s Tom Nunes remembered
Tom Nunes of The Nunes Co. and Foxy, is being mourned. Nunes was 95. He died Aug. 5 in Carmel Valley, California. The Nunes Co. markets its vegetables and leafy greens under the Foxy brand. Nunes'... more »
Farmers consider options as burn ban nears
Alex Noriega, foreman for the agricultural service provider Fowler Brothers, climbed onto an excavator at 4 a.m. in Lodi to rip apart discarded grapevines and drop them into a cement-lined steel box called an air... more »
Growers guided by sensors on water decisions
Lisa Tate, a fifth-generation grower in Santa Paula, said she knew something was amiss in a block of young avocado trees planted on her family’s ranch. She had a hunch that too much water was... more »
California organic growers to benefit from CCOF endowment
A California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation (CCOF) endowment has been created to help organic growers continue growing organically produced crops. The CCOF Foundation endowment was created to ensure growers can remain growing organic in perpetuity.... more »
California growers work to save heat-stressed crops
The continuing, scorching temperatures faced by California growers can put crops, including vegetables and melons, at risk. The state's crops continue to take a beating as growers work to reduce impacts of a lingering heat... more »