Agriculture
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Disasters and wildfires threaten lives and businesses in San Diego County each year. Often people are forced to gather up their most important possessions and evacuate to safety. But commercial livestock operations may be too large to evacuate all their animals immediately and need to return as quickly as possible to care for animals. Farmers also must abandon their operation, leaving crops and critical infrastructure unattended for extended periods. Now, operators can apply for an Agricultural and Livestock Pass (Ag Pass) program to return to an evacuated area to help when the threat diminishes.
Agriculture
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture has declared a new citrus quarantine in a 95 square-mile area of Rancho Bernardo after detecting a potentially threatening citrus tree disease during routine inspections.
Agriculture
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The holidays mean shipping gifts to faraway friends and family, or maybe even traveling to give, receive and bring gifts back home. Whatever your plans, don’t pack a pest!
Agriculture
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San Diego County has a new number-one crop for the first time in 12 years, other crops racked up double-digit value increases, and agriculture remained a key industry at $1.75 billion in value in the County’s new Crop Report. However, the report also showed total crop and commodity values fell for the first time since 2018, by nearly 3.2% from $1.8 billion a year ago.
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a 77 square mile quarantine covering Valley Center and surrounding areas today after discovering several Mexican fruit flies, an agricultural pest that can infect more than 50 types of fruit, including citrus, avocados, and a wide variety of tropical fruit.
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After four years of service protecting the region’s agriculture industry, Podder is going to be sniffing out the life of leisure.
Agriculture
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Agriculture values topped $1.8 billion for the first time since 2014 in the County of San Diego’s annual Crop Report that covers the 2020 growing season, overcoming decreases in many crop values and reported mixed effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
