Ventura County agriculture inspectors are out in full force againas they look for a halnch-long pest that potentially could decimateCalifornia's $33 billion wine industry.
A statewide inspection program in place since 2000 is working toslow the northern migration of the glassy-winged sharpshooter innursery stock - the fourth-largest crop in Ventura County, whereagriculture is the No. 1 industry.
But local growers face mounting financial losses as they try toprevent the bug from hitching a ride north.
"It's been a hardship for the nursery industry and the county,"Ventura County's deputy Agricultural Commissioner Alan Laird said."They, for the most …
SEARCH IS ON FOR LEAFHOPPER; AGRICULTURAL MENACE COSTS REGION PLENTYVentura County agriculture inspectors are out in full force againas they look for a halnch-long pest that potentially could decimateCalifornia's $33 billion wine industry.
A statewide inspection program in place since 2000 is working toslow the northern migration of the glassy-winged sharpshooter innursery stock - the fourth-largest crop in Ventura County, whereagriculture is the No. 1 industry.
But local growers face mounting financial losses as they try toprevent the bug from hitching a ride north.
"It's been a hardship for the nursery industry and the county,"Ventura County's deputy Agricultural Commissioner Alan Laird said."They, for the most …
SEARCH IS ON FOR LEAFHOPPER; AGRICULTURAL MENACE COSTS REGION PLENTYVentura County agriculture inspectors are out in full force againas they look for a halnch-long pest that potentially could decimateCalifornia's $33 billion wine industry.
A statewide inspection program in place since 2000 is working toslow the northern migration of the glassy-winged sharpshooter innursery stock - the fourth-largest crop in Ventura County, whereagriculture is the No. 1 industry.
But local growers face mounting financial losses as they try toprevent the bug from hitching a ride north.
"It's been a hardship for the nursery industry and the county,"Ventura County's deputy Agricultural Commissioner Alan Laird said."They, for the most …
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