All Exotic Fruit Fly Invasions Now Snuffed Out in California By California Department of Food and Agriculture|August 21, 2024 Nearly year-long collaborative effort successfully eradicated four invasive fruit fly species.Read More
The Hidden Margin Leak Between Projected and Actual Harvest Dates By Muhammad Abdullah, Folio3 Agtech|June 2, 2026
New Round of USDA Aid for Specialty Crops Good News for California Walnuts By California Walnut Commission|June 1, 2026
Ta Ta for Now, Tau Fruit Fly! Exotic Pest Wiped Out in Los Angeles County By California Department of Food and Agriculture|July 8, 2024 Host crops for the Tau fruit fly include more than 300 varieties, such as citrus and other fruits, nuts, vegetables, and berries.
Goodbye Fruit Flies? Here’s a New 5-Year Strategy To Fight The Pests By USDA-APHIS|April 18, 2024 USDA-APHIS aims to protect hundreds of crops from invasive fruit flies with new comprehensive detection and exclusion plan.
Invasive Fruit Fly Quarantine Areas Expand in Parts of California By USDA|December 8, 2023 USDA-APHIS is applying safeguarding measures and restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated plants and produce.
Relentless Surge of Fruit Flies a Pain for California Growers By UC Agriculture and Natural Resources News|November 27, 2023 Recent finds involving multiple species of the flying pest have sparked seven different quarantines across the state.
Quarantine Zone Expands in Southern California for More Exotic Fruit Fly Finds Posted by Growing Produce Staff|September 5, 2023 Already on alert, USDA-APHIS inspectors confirm 20 more adult specimens of the Zeugodacus tau fruit fly were recently found in Los Angeles County.
Pest Alert! New Invasive Species of Fruit Fly Found in Los Angeles County By Growing Produce Staff|July 27, 2023 Ensuing Tau fruit fly quarantine is the first ever in Western Hemisphere.
