Pest and Disease

APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of fresh Orange and Tangerine for consumption from Egypt into the U.S. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the [...]

With the help of 4Creeks, CCM created the new Geographic Information System (GIS) Map specifically with our growers in mind. This map gives you the ability to see where citrus is located [...]

On January 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) published the Citrus Annual Report on Argentina Lemons/Limes:  FAS forecasts that lemon acreage in marketing [...]

The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) is providing clarification for California citrus exporters about deadlines for applying fungicide treatments for compliance with the China and Korea [...]

Below is information for exporters from the California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) on how to comply with the China and Korea export protocols. China  Earlier this week, CCQC advised the [...]

The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) is providing the following clarifying information to the industry about the Korea and China protocols. The China protocol specifically requires a [...]

The California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) wants to remind growers and packinghouses that Chinese regulators are requiring additional mitigation measures and documentation for citrus being [...]

 The California Citrus Quality Council wants to remind all California orange packinghouses the first pre-harvest field application of zinc-copper-lime – or a registered alternative – is required [...]

Last week, CCM Directors Matt Fisher, Jared Plumlee, Keith Watkins, Zak Laffite, and Julia Inestroza traveled to Washington D.C. for meetings with USDA and Congress about some of the citrus [...]

In May the California Third District Court of Appeals affirmed the California Fish and Game Commission’s authority to determine if insects can be protected under the California Endangered Species [...]