Mechanization Of The Raisin Industry

Pesticide use dropped in California for a fourth consecutive year in 2009, the Department of Pesticide Regulation announced […]

Every man for himself has turned into all for one and one for all in the case of […]

Leading winegrape growers and vintners around the Golden State have joined forces to advocate to fellow growers and […]

Vetica and Tourismo (flubendiamide, buprofezin) insecticides from Nichino America, Inc. received registration from the state of California for […]

The Napa County Department of Agriculture is working with the USDA and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to trap and survey in the area in an attempt to detect additional European grapevine moths.

A California stone fruit grower/shipper has become the first to be largely impacted by a federal quarantine to […]

Detections of Light Brown Apple Moths in the Long Beach and Los Osos areas of California have prompted […]

Key civic, business, and agricultural leaders have stepped up to support Pacific Legal Foundation’s “Save our Water, Save […]

Two light brown apple moths have been found in California’s San Joaquin County, prompting state and federal officials to […]

With the 2009 pistachio harvest little more than two months away, pistachio growers and processors are anticipating a […]

Each day, Larry Easterling watches thousands and thousands of gallons of water pass by his pistachio orchards on […]

A new quarantine of approximately 38 square miles was established in Davis this week following the detection of […]

Federal officials have begun discussions with winegrape growers in California’s Carneros region about the state’s first pilot program […]

Dry farming, a technique employed in Northern California, the Central Coast, and parts of the Central Valley, relies only on annual rainfall rather than irrigation for a crop’s moisture needs.

John Diener’s family started farming in the Central Valley in 1929. After pursuing a degree in Agricultural Economics […]

When it comes to the concept of sustainability, a lot of growers look at it as an onerous set […]

Clutch insecticide (clothianidin, Valent U.S.A.) received registration for soil application in grapes in California and other states. The […]

Scouting for this viral disease is necessary, but lab tests will determine whether your vines have grapevine leafroll.

Researchers with the University of California have been conducting replicated, blind tasting panels to gain a better understanding of the flavor profiles and characteristics of raisins produced from different varieties and different drying methods.