The California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation is now accepting applications for its Fall 2022 Bid4Birds Program. Applications are submitted through the Foundation website and the enrollment window will be open until Wednesday, June 22, 2022.
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The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) has released a map and informational trend graph showing weekly moth trap numbers.
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The Northern California Water Association has released the most updated water year outlook, which includes a newly released economic impact report centered on Sacramento Valley rice country.
The study by the University of California, Davis details economic income losses to all crops in the region, with the rice industry facing more than $703 million in drought-related impacts, mainly to rice mills, dryers and suppliers.
This latest water year update also details urban conservation requirements and current groundwater levels.
Click here to view the full report.
The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) says the start to the armyworm monitoring season has revealed higher than normal numbers.
The UCCE says all 12 trap locations across the Sacramento Valley had higher moth catches compared to this time last year.
The table below shows trap locations, armyworm moth catches reported for the week of May 16 and yearly averages.
You can sign up for weekly armyworm updates by clicking here.
The California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation (Foundation), is happy to announce the upcoming enrollment period for the Fall Bid4Birds habitat program.
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We appreciate the Governor’s California Small Agricultural Business Drought Relief Grant Program. This brand new program is a good first step to meet the needs of very small businesses impacted by the drought. This success was the result of great work with NCWA, CA Agricultural Aircraft Association, California Warehouse Association and others in agriculture. To address the needs of rice mills, dryers and larger suppliers, federal relief will be needed.
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The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) is actively setting up traps across the Sacramento Valley to monitor armyworms.
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Effects of the drought on the communities dependent on agriculture will be devastating this year. Businesses that support growers will provide fewer services, handle less crops and employ fewer people, as farmers idle their fields.
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The links below include select pesticide updates in an effort to provide the information in an easily accessible way. Please remember, the pesticide label is the ultimate level of enforcement and the county permit conditions can supersede the label with more restrictive requirements. You will find permit conditions and the water hold table for Thiobencarb. County permit conditions have been changed to active ingredient rather than trade or product name. The products with combination formulations could have permit conditions apply to one, and not both, of the active ingredients. In this situation, the most stringent requirements must be followed. The EPA Reg. No. provides additional identification of the individual pesticide products on the Rice Pesticide Update Table.
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We are sending this memo from Tim Kelleher with information the Contract Price Addendum.
The memo can be viewed here.
