Monthly Archives: March 2014

  By Paul De Barro and Paolo de Souza, research scientists Queensland’s fruit and vegetable farmers are under pressure, having lost their main weapon against their main enemy – fruit flies. Last year, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority banned the pesticides dimethoate and fenthion, used by horticulturalists to keep Queensland fruit fly (also called Q-fly) at bay, after finding that these chemicals …

  By David Mas Masumoto In this drought year, it’s my only hope. Yet I can’t see it, hear it or feel it. It lies hidden deep beneath my farm. Without it, my farm and my neighbors go thirsty. All my senses focus on groundwater. With a depleted snowpack in the Sierra and record low reservoirs, thousands of Central Valley …

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross joined six California student authors recognized for their prize-winning stories about agriculture in the Imagine This…story writing contest. On Wednesday, March 19, the students and their teachers were honored during a ceremony at the California State Capitol in the Governor’s Council Room. Secretary Ross participated along with members of the legislature and staff. The prize-winning authors …

Driven by the farm-to-fork movement and a growing interest among travelers for culinary experiences, Visit California is partnering with California Grown to launch a new marketing campaign, “California, Always in Season.” The two entities announced their partnership at the campaign launch during California Agriculture Day 2014 at the State Capitol. Tourists in California spent $28.5 billion on food and beverages …

The annual California Ag Day has been scheduled for March 19 at the west steps of the State Capitol. Ag Day is one of a series of events scheduled that week to celebrate farming and ranching in our state and across the nation. Ag Day is presented by CDFA and its co-sponsors, California Women for Agriculture, and the California Foundation …