Salinas Valley Agriculture

I’ve got tough news folks. If you or someone you know recently purchased a grapevine plant at a Costco, please be aware of a detected invasive insect. Glassy-winged Sharpshooter has been identified on grapevine shipments sold at Northern California Costco locations between April 21 and May 19, 2026. Read…

Join us for a day focusing on vegetated water treatment. We will begin with a visit to a vegetated ditch site at Huntington Farms in Soledad where we will discuss how the vegetated treatment system was constructed and considerations for implementing these systems on your own land.The site visit will be…

    Lettuce Verticillium wilt, caused by the soilborne fungus Verticillium dahliae, continues to threaten lettuce production in the Salinas Valley. Symptoms of Verticillium wilt include lower leaf yellowing, wilting, and eventual plant collapse, which typically develop near crop maturity (Figure 1)…

There will be an upcoming Spanish Language Online Workshop on the Private Applicator Certificate hosted by the UC ANR Small Farms Network on May 13. Registration details in English and Spanish are provided below.  Upcoming workshop in SpanishTopic: How to prepare for the Private Applicator…

The growing season has started with a spike in nitrogen fertilizer prices which are much higher than last year, and the highest since 2022.  Although nitrogen fertilizer still represents a small portion of the total expense of growing vegetables, avoiding unnecessary fertilizer applications can lower…