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This Week in Ag - September 23
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This Week in Ag – September 23

From recognizing leaders in California’s winegrape industry to new opportunities for citrus producers, dairy exhibitors and orchard growers, several developments are making news across California agriculture this week. Here are …

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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

California Blueberries Harvested at the Right Moment
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Berries

California Blueberries Harvested at the Right Moment

California blueberry growers had a good season, with the crop arriving at the right time to get a good price. Kasey Cronquist of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council and North American Blueberry Council spoke with Matthew Malcolm from California Fruit & Vegetable about some of the ways his organizations are promoting American blueberries and helping […]

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Tree Fruit

2026 California Fig Season Begins Strong
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2026 California Fig Season Begins Strong

Following a successful breba crop, the main crop of the 2026 California Fresh Fig season is officially underway, according to the California Fresh Fig Growers Association (CFFGA). Growers report a healthy crop, excellent fruit quality, and continued enthusiasm for the industry’s newest variety, the Emerald. “It was another stable off-season with ideal weather patterns, and […]

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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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