A new research project which will investigate the occurrence and distribution of olive anthracnose in California has been added to the list of approved projects for the Olive Oil Council of California’s 2019/2020 fiscal year. This project will be led by Florent Trouillas, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis, Kearney Agriculture Research and Extension Center. The …
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, in cooperation with Pacific Biosciences and Penn State University, have published the first genome of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) in the journal Gigascience and they did it from a single caught-in-the-wild specimen. Not only is it the first published genome for this pest, but no closely related species has had its genome sequenced, making the data even more important, …
The Western Growers Board of Directors has unanimously selected Dave Puglia as the organization’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Puglia will succeed current President and CEO Tom Nassif, who is retiring after 18 years as a forceful and effective leader in the nation’s agriculture industry, on February 1, 2020. “Fifteen years ago, Dave came to Western Growers with an …
Fresno, CA – Maria Montalvo is the new marketing director of retail and foodservice promotion for the California Table Grape…
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Dairy producers can now enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for calendar year 2020. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) o…
The Almond Board of California (ABC) is pleased to announce that California almond growers recently voted to continue their …
When Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney leads a U.S. Department of Agriculture trade mi…
Milk-based beverages for active kids and ready-to-drink lattes with collagen are among the nine finalists announced recently…
Weather Temperature highs ranged from the low 50s to low 80s in the mountains, low 60s to high 80s in the valley, low 60s to…
For the past two years, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been studying six offspring of a dairy bull…
AgSafe (agsafe.org), a leading provider of health and safety education to the agricultural community, has announced that Pre…
Cheese is much more than just food. It is a part of the compelling story of ancient and modern human civilization. The huge …
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