Search Results for: California Strawberry Commission
Vegetable farm advisor among University of California Extension retirees
Ten University of California Cooperative Extension academics, including a vegetable crops advisor, are set to retire July 1. From farm worker to farm... READ MORE »
Safety at work on California strawberry farms
A new video produced by the California Strawberry Commission (CSC) highlights how strawberry farmers, in the midst of peak harvest season and during a... READ MORE »
California strawberry growers enhance safety practices for COVID-19
Over the past nine weeks, the California Strawberry Commission’s (CSC) bilingual outreach and training team has been in the fields providing guidanc... READ MORE »
Strawberry consumption improves heart health in teenaged males
The 2019 Berry Health Benefits Symposium resulted in a collection of papers recently published in the journal Food & Function. Among the papers wa... READ MORE »
Strawberry grower in California fined for illegal pesticide use
In an ongoing effort to enforce stringent pesticide regulations, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation announced March 4 it has fined a S... READ MORE »
2020 Acreage Survey shows positive outlook for California strawberries
Using less than 1% of California's farmland, strawberry farms produce the fourth most valuable crop in California. The Acreage Survey is updated tw... READ MORE »
Accurate spray targeting in strawberry fields helped by new app
Strawberry growers now have a free smart phone application tool to predict spray coverage to combat such pests as two-spotted spider mites, lygus bugs... READ MORE »
Cold spring, California rains, set up 2019 harvest outlook
Plantings seem steady, but weather remains the unknown as growers estimate harvests yet to come in 2019. A cold spring had in late May delayed the ... READ MORE »
California falls short in evaluating use of pesticides, study says
Since the 1940s, the responsibility for managing California farmers' use of agricultural pesticides, and the substantial health risks they pose, has b... READ MORE »
California set for record strawberry harvest
If the weather holds steady, California strawberry growers are lined up for a third consecutive record harvest due to higher-yielding varieties. �... READ MORE »
