Fruit

The 2020-21 navel orange crop is projected to be 5% smaller than last season.

Low temperatures in rural areas expected to dip to 27 to 31 degrees.

California lemon acreage was at roughly 47,000 acres in 2018-19, of which Ventura County accounts for 31%.

There are plans to expand the program to additional retailers in fall 2021.

The project to sequence the thrips genome is affiliated with i5k, an ambitious international effort to sequence and analyze the genomes for 5,000 arthropod species.

More than 360 commodities are now grown organically in the state, according to a UC report.

The online fruit and vegetable convention will be held during the week of Feb. 8.

The state receives $23.8 million in federal grant funds. CDFA awards grants to 58 projects.

The UC is using a $411,395 USDA grant to test another possible alternative to fumigants.

The project will begin this fall and is a collaboration with six other universities.