Articles Tagged with ''California agriculture''

In this opinion piece, Ian LeMay of the California Fresh Fruit Association calls on California consumers to support the state’s growers, who currently face incredible challenges, by purchasing California produce.

A closer look at what's in, what's not in Gov. Gavin Newsom May budget revision for California agriculture.

The Newsom administration and Democratic lawmakers have shied away from fully funding dairy digester grants as pushback from environmental groups escalates.

California farmers grow the vast majority of lettuce for the country, though in recent years the number of acres planted has declined and the salad staple has dropped from consistently the number 2 crop in California (by value) at the start of the century to number 5 in 2018 and 2019.

The Census of Agriculture will be taken again next year and may reflect changes from additional challenges such as increased labor costs, water scarcity and environmental regulations.

Congestion at shipping ports in the West has put a spotlight on existing regulatory hurdles that farmers and other exporters have faced for years.

Natalie Wymer has joined the Wine Institute as the new vice president of communications and John Georgalos is the new sales commodity manager at Ocean Mist Farms.

As drought grips many of California’s prime agricultural areas, its two top-grossing crops are positioned well to pull through, much as they did during the last prolonged dry spell in the mid-2010s. Grapes and almonds, which since 2004 have been the state's top sellers, both have some natural drought tolerance thanks to their origins in the Mediterranean climate where recurring aridity is expected. But in California, their success is also tied to irrigation.

Assembly Agriculture Chair Robert Rivas of Hollister is pushing for California to clean up all of its surface waters enough to be drinkable, fishable and swimmable by 2050.

As budget deadlines loom for the Legislature and governor, many details still need to be ironed out ahead of the next fiscal year, which beings July 1.