California Farmers Get Early Jump on Disease Control Efforts

By Bob West|April 10, 2024

California farmers have been very busy to start 2024, according to the latest data published by Meister Media’s PURE Intel™ platform. The initial report of data for the first two months of the year includes Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) information made under 7,410 different permits, and they totaled more than 260,000 different applications for nearly 8.2 million treated acres.

These figures represent an increase of 6% in the number of applications made and 15% in the number of treated acres as much-improved weather compared to early 2023 provides better early-season field access. The 2024 treated acreage figure also exceeds the initial reports for 2021 and 2022, further illustrating the strong start to 2024.

The increase in 2024 has been largely due to increased disease control activity.

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