How Farmers Will Benefit from USDA Farmers Market Grants

Under Secretary for Food and Nutrition Kevin Concannon says the recently announced grant funding to farmers markets will assist farmers.

California Sweet Orange Scab and HLB Quarantines Expanded
Federal agriculture officials on Nov. 25 announced the expansions of the areas quarantined for sweet orange scab (SOS) and huanglongbing (HLB) diseases in California. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) enacted the expansions. SOS The SOS quarantined area […]
Citrus Greening Seminar Featured International Experts
Fundecitrus recently held an international seminar dedicated to citrus greening. The event had approximately 150 participants and featured experts from China and Brazil. GENOME EDITING Xuefeng Wang, from China’s Southwest University’s Citrus Research Institute, highlighted his interest in building a solid partnership in the area of genome editing. He said his group has already identified […]