California Ag Today

Aerobotics is a Cape Town South Africa company expanding into California with technology that can detect early pest and diseases in orchards and vineyards.

The Amond Board continues to think into the future with a new Vision and Mission statement.

Almonds are healthy, versatile and great portable protein.

Almond Board is increasing consumer awareness of the California Almond Industry.

California has its own flyover areas and the farming industry is not happy. Arnold Torres says that the Hispanic population should help change that!

The California Water Resources Control Board has voted to pursue taking up to 40 percent of unimpaired flows from the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced Rivers. This would put the cities and farming into abject peril.

Houston Wilson is a Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist with the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside

Mark Kline is Senior Manager of Energy and Nut Purchasing at Hershey Co. He explains the value of Almonds for the company.

Don Wright with WaterWrights.net Comments on Recent SGMA Meeting at Fresno State

Mel Machado says the tree nut industry must pull every lever to reduce navel orangeworm (NOW). The last few years, NOW has been very costly to growers.

Phoebe Gordon, and Luke Milliron, Both UCCE Orchard Systems Farm Advisors, Collaborate on the Growing The Valley Podcast

Secretary of Ag Sonny Purdue and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zenke on good forest management. They also comment on how radical environmentalist file lawsuits any time a tree needs to be cut in the forest.

There is an easy and accurate way to keep track of the spray rig operator. Is he going to fast, taking longer breaks, or skipping rows? Fieldin will let you know fast.

The Bee Where program aims to protect pollination bees from crop protection products. And there is an added benefit in it possibly preventing theft.

Ruthann Anderson explains a program where beekeepers must register the location of bees in the spring so that care can be taken with crop protection product applications.

Dr. Paula Rivadeneira is working to find a solution to birds flying around produce fields. Yes, the birds poop and that could be a food safety problem.

Mario Santoyo is Executive Director of the San Joaquin Valley Water Infrastructure Authority, with the goal of building the Temperance Flat Reservoir. He noted President Trump's Executive order on Oct. 19 is a great step in the right direction.

Gerawan Workers Voted No on UFW Union and ALRB certifed it.

Kathleen Nave with CA Table Grape Commission On How Table Grapes Can Prevent Chronic Diseases by Patrick Cavanaugh

On Sept. 12, 2018 The California Supreme Court rejected the ALRB's appeal to not count the votes of Gerawan workers who wanted to decertify the UFW Union. That vote was held November 2013. Dan Gerawan is co-owner of Gerawan Farming fears if the ballots are ever counted that many may be challenged.