Category: West

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jun 10, 2023

California grants available for sustainable pest management

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is accepting grant applications for a program promoting sustainable pest control practices.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jun 07, 2023

California approves Certis Biologicals nematicide

California farmers have a new product for controlling the threat of nematodes in their fields, orchards and vineyards with the approval of MeloCon LC by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jun 06, 2023

GrubMarket supports organic initiative with CCOF partnership

GrubMarket has formed a multi-year partnership with California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), a nonprofit organization that advances organic agriculture through organic certification, education, advocacy, and promotion.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 31, 2023

California Farm Bureau: Small farmers need help after storms

California storms floods California Farm Bureau disaster relief

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 27, 2023

Leon Panetta to speak at Salinas Biological Summit

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will deliver the keynote address on food security and innovation at the Salinas Biological Summit.

Fruit Growers News | May 2023

Never-ending rain leads to pest, disease concerns

A seemingly endless flow of water saturating their fields is burdening California growers with pests and diseases. Growers of strawberries and other fruits expect the heavy rains to delay some planting and harvesting and cause other crop problems.

Fruit Growers News | May 2023

Global Biological Accelerator debuts at Salinas event

A new venture designed to spur development of biological products that kill pests, diseases and weeds that afflict specialty crops is taking a novel approach to further research.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 18, 2023

California bill addresses fire costs to farms

Wildfires that raged across California over the past several years have devastated farms, spoiling crops and burning farm buildings. After the flames were extinguished, the threat of wildfires has continued to cost farmers in other ways.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 16, 2023

Commentary: Golden State growers want solutions for flood-control issues

California flooding floodwaters storm damage California Farm Bureau

Fruit Growers News | May 2023

Technology revolutionizes cherry, small fruit grading, packing

Technology upgrades have swept through West Coast fruit packinghouses, with everything from stone fruit, apples and citrus processed on more sophisticated equipment than a generation ago.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 02, 2023

CFFA’s LeMay to succeed Nave at California grape commission

Ian LeMay, president of the California Fresh Fruit Association, will become president and CEO of the California Table Grape Commission in the spring of 2025, succeeding longtime commission head Kathleen Nave.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 26, 2023

Smoke in the vineyard: Oregon State studies wildfire smoke

Oregon State University winegrapes wildfire smoke vineyards

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 13, 2023

California water board weighs aquifer plans

California water board aquifers California Farm Bureau

Fruit Growers News | April 2023

Salinas Biological Summit June 20-21

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 06, 2023

Farmers show “unified voice” at California capitol

California Farm Bureau Federation

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