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FSMA produce safety training

Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Course

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR) sets minimum food safety standards for the production of fruits, vegetables, and tree nuts. The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training course was developed to educate growers and farm workers about the PSR and assist with implementation of practices to satisfy the regulatory requirements set […]

Citrus

APHIS Expands Sweet Orange Scab Quarantine
Citrus

APHIS Expands Sweet Orange Scab Quarantine

Effective Aug. 19, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), expanded the area quarantined for sweet orange scab (SOS) in the Burbank, Los Angeles and Long Beach areas of Los Angeles County and the Anaheim and Garden Grove areas of Orange County. SOS […]

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Blueberries

This Week In Ag – September 2
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Berries

This Week In Ag – September 2

Five stories are making headlines across California agriculture this week, from a familiar Central Valley face appearing on pistachio packaging to a new tool aimed at protecting cattle from New World screwworm. Here’s what you need to know in this week’s edition of This Week in Ag. Josh Allen Featured on Wonderful Pistachios Packaging Firebaugh […]

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Tree Fruit

Cherry Growers Have Down Year in 2026
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Tree Fruit

Cherry Growers Have Down Year in 2026

It was a rough year for cherry growers. High temperatures in March caused bloom to occur weeks earlier than normal and in a shortened window, leading to inadequate pollination that slashed the crop to half its normal size. Chris Zanobini, executive director for the California Cherry Board, spoke to Matthew Malcolm with California Fruit & […]

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Tomatoes

Dry Farming with Tomatoes
Fruiting Vegetables

Dry Farming with Tomatoes

In the summer of 1993, I visited the two small farms on the campus of UC Santa Cruz (UCSC). One of them was a flat, sunny site near the coast, the air pleasantly warm instead of blistering hot like further inland. The tour guide showed us a field in which small, round, bright-red tomatoes peeked […]

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Pest/Disease Management

Dragon Fruit Production and Farm Tour Coming to Southern California
Pest & Disease

Dragon Fruit Production and Farm Tour Coming to Southern California

UC Ag and Natural Resources is hosting a Dragon Fruit Production Workshop and Farm Tour for growers in the San Diego area. The two-day event will discuss topics ranging from variety selection and field establishment to irrigation, pest management and marketing. Growers will have an opportunity to see the latest research and witness hands-on demonstrations, […]

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