- Author: Robert B Hutmacher
- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
After the recent spate of storms, reports of hail damage have come in to several UCCE offices. In response, Dr. Bob Hutmacher prepared the following information (a printable pdf document is available at the end of the post):
We have had some unusual weather so far in 2019, with repeated cool spells, thunderstorms and rain, and within the past week, some widespread locations getting hail. While hail damage can be a fairly common late spring and early summer occurrence in many cotton production regions across the U.S., it is a much more unusual problem here in the San Joaquin Valley. In addition, cotton has been growing more slowly than usual this year due to cloudy, generally cool...
- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
The California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) recently released statistics review (https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/) reports that California led the nation in 2017 agricultural cash receipts ($50 billion) followed by Iowa ($27 billion), Texas ($23 billion), Nebraska ($21 billion), and Minnesota ($17 billion). California's (CA) top commodities were dairy ($6.6 billion, up 8.2% from the previous year), grapes ($5.8 billion, up 3.1%), and almonds ($5.6 billion, up 10.9%), followed by berries, cattle and calves, lettuce, walnuts, tomatoes, pistachios, and broilers. With respect to agronomic commodities, hay (all) and cotton (all) were ranked 13th ($758 million) and 18th...