California Ag Today

California Proudly Provides Most of Thanksgiving Feast to America

Ken Freeze is the spokesperson for the GWSS/PD Board, which is part of the CDFA. He explains how area-wide control of GWSS is helping to keep populations down and prevent the spread of Pierces Disease

Ken Freeze on Interesting Research to help protect winegrapes from PD by Patrick Cavanaugh

Ken Freeze is the spokesperson for the GWSS/PD Board, which is part of the CDFA. He explains rootstock work being done by Andy Walker, UC Davis researcher.

With the leadership of California Citrus Mutual a new containment building has broken ground near UC Riverside. The private facility will contain psyllid infected with the fatal Huanglongbing disease, so research can take place. Joel Nelsen, president of CCM speaks about it.

While sometimes segments of agriculture may not hold certain people such as vegans, vegetarians and environmentalists in high regard. They should think twice because they all eat the food the farmer's produce. Especially the fruits and vegetables for vegans!

Michelle Borges is a sophomore at Hughson High School and she also serves as the 2016/2017 Hughson FFA Recorder. She has a passion for agriculture and plans to study animal nutrition at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Peterangelo Vallis has an astute and positive viewpoint on California Agriculture. Here he looks to the Almond Board of California as an example of great marketing, and suggests that California Agriculture collect a penny a pound on most commodities to build some positive awareness of farmers in California with a billboard campaign.

Vegan Activist Protest by Patrick Cavanaugh

CA Assemblyman Adam Gray is not happy with the State Water Board's Proposal to take 40 percent of the Tuolumne River to increase flows in the Sacramento Delta for endangered species protection, which has not helped the species over the last five years. The take by the State Water Board would be 400,000 acre feet. Which would require farmers to use more ground water to survive. This could cause 1.6 billon in economic loss and job loss of 6,567. Push back at Worthyourfight.org

Ian LeMay is Director of member relations and Communications for the California Fresh Fruit Association. He noted that the Association members will be heavily impacted.

The California Assembly passed AB1066, which is an ag overtime bill. It's puts a huge burden on California Farmers, which already pay overtime to their workers

Your hearing the sounds of a male and female Sharp Shooter Leafhoppers communicating with each other. Sharp Shooters vector the fatal Pierces Disease in Grapes. USDA-ARS researchers hope to jam the communication between the male and female so that they do not mate, there by lowering numbers.

Tom Nassif is President and CEO of Western Growers. He said growers are leaving California to farm elsewhere where they have good land, water, labor, along with a government who appreciates them.

Robert Norris is a UC Davis Weed Specialist, Emeritus. Here is #1 take home message about controlling weeds in crops

California Ag Today Radio had an exclusive interview with California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. The former San Francisco Mayor tells us how he thinks about California Agriculture.

Because blueberries are native to America, they make the perfect blue in red, white and blue food that we may celebrate with today!

In an effort to increase salmon populations in the Sacramento Delta, Fish and Wildlife has been doing something that does not make sense.

Michael O'Gorman is founder and executive director of the Davis-based Farmer Veteran Coalition which helps Veteran become engaged in the farming industry

The California farming industry throughout the Central San Joaquin are stunned at the announced 5 percent water allocation from the Bureau of Reclamation