Agriculture

A relatively common plant virus, known to infect over 600 species of plants has been found for the first time in some Yuma area lettuce fields. The virus…

Known as the lettuce capital of the world, Yuma County continues to produce and harvest the crop despite cases of the coronavirus on the rise and…

Yuma’s winter agriculture season usually ends around April but this year it ended a few weeks early. The COVID-19 pandemic led to industry shutdowns that…

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted many industries, including Yuma’s agriculture business. While farmworkers have stayed on the job during the current…

The president and chief executive officer of an organization that represents farmers growing fresh produce in Yuma County said local agriculture work will…

Presenting tomorrow’s agriculture technology today is one of the goals of the Southwest Ag Summit, going on this week on the Arizona Western College…

City leaders for San Luis and Somerton are working with a binational border organization on an upcoming regional agricultural conference. AgroBaja, an…

The food system is changing and food safety professionals are needed more than ever.That was the message on Tuesday from Frank Yiannas, the FDA Deputy…

The Yuma area is well known for agriculture, and the arts scene has been an important component of the area's culture for sometime. That is why Visit Yuma…

Arizona Edition LiveShow Number 37On this episode of Arizona Edition Live, KAWC’s Lou Gum speaks with Bobbi McDermott, former District Conservationist for…