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Friday, May 27, 2022
Two scourges that sometimes appear together but have not been definitively linked to each other continue to threaten lettuce: Pythium wilt and Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus. The state budget allocated $1 million in new research funding aimed at developing more strategies to effectively protect the major crop.
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.
A new study projects that estimated air temperature increases may require shifts in the growing season of cool-season crops and the growing locations of warm-season crops.
Lawmakers face a Friday deadline to pass a new stopgap funding bill as they struggle to reach agreement on immigration and tax issues as well as a disaster bill that would include new assistance for farmers.
