Crop Management

Western Growers reacts to passage of bipartisian infrastructure bill

The legislation – H.R. 3684 – provides $550 billion in new spending on physical infrastructure over the next five years, with an estimated $45 billion to California. more »

Cevya fungicide from BASF gets approval in California

Cevya fungicide is the first and only isopropanol-azole on the market, making it a strong resistance management tool. more »

Pesticide conference in Pecos County, Texas, set for Nov. 16

Five Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units are available for private and non-commercial pesticide applicators. more »

Plan to increase flows from San Joaquin River tributaries gets pushback

The notice represents a departure from the state's earlier willingness to consider voluntary agreements with water districts, which includes aspects other than just flow increases. more »

Erie researchers identify new threat to American chestnut trees

For lumber companies, the American chestnut was a nearly perfect tree – tall, straight, rot-resistant and easy to split. It also was prolific, sending up new shoots that grew quickly. In the earl... more »

Suterra’s Puffer products added to Phytech’s digital farming platform

Suterra is expanding its partnership strategy to include proven global precision ag providers, and this partnership delivers a comprehensive solution to help growers optimize irrigation, nutrition and pest control. more »

OpenET aims to track water use across 17 Western states

A public-private coalition, featuring three federal agencies and several universities and private entities, is providing satellite-based estimates of evapotranspiration for better water management. more »

2021 Field Day: Nematode management in walnut and almond

A day for each walnut and almond, the field day will examine nematode management studies at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center. more »