Agriculture, Weights & Measures

If you've ever been to a farmers’ market, checked out at a grocery store, pumped gas, or wondered if your produce was organic, then you've benefitted from AWM. 

As part of the County’s Land Use & Environment Group, we're here to serve you.

What AWM does for you: 

• Ensures pesticides are used safely and investigates related illness.
• Prevents the spread of pests that harm agriculture and the environment. 
• Promotes the use of natural pest controls. 
• Verifies produce that is marked as organic.
• Ensures vendors at farmers' markets grow what they sell.  
• Verifies that commercial weighing and measuring devices and price scanners are accurate. 
• Protects people from injury and disease caused by wildlife.   
  
  

Announcements

• Citrus Quarantine Declared for Fallbrook (September 2024)
  • The California Department of Food and Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture have confirmed the first detection of HLB in an unincorporated area of Fallbrook on September 10, 2024, in a plant material sample taken from one mandarin tree in a residential neighborhood in the Fallbrook area. This positive find requires a five-mile quarantine around the positive site. This is the third HLB quarantine in the county and is now the fourth quarantine in the county.
    
    
• UCANR Agritourism Questionnaire
  • The California Department of Food and Agriculture has contracted with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources and Cal Poly to analyze the impact of invasive plant pest species on agritourism and to better understand the role that agritourism plays in your agricultural business. Learn more and start the questionnaire here. 
     
• Food Justice Community Action Plan Roundtables
  • The County is developing a Food Justice Community Action Plan (FJCAP) to increase food security throughout the region, and we want to hear from you at a community roundtable meeting near you! 
    

• Pesticide Container Recycling Event
  • AWM's Pesticide Regulation Program is hosting a free Pesticide Container Recycling Event on Saturday, October 26. Please see this flyer (Español) to learn more.
     
• CDPR: 97% of Fruits and Vegetables Tested in California are Free of Illegal Pesticide Residues
  
  
• US EPA Update on Dacthal Herbicide Health Risks
  • On April 1, 2024, the US EPA announced new regulatory action on the herbicide Dacthal due to its significant risks to human health. No Dacthal use has been reported in San Diego County since 2021. To learn more, please read CDPR's notice or contact cdprweb@cdpr.ca.gov.
    
    
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Dairy Cows
  • The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has confirmed the positive detection of HPAI in a total of 17 dairies in Central California. With HPAI detected in other dairies throughout the U.S., AWM has been engaged with CDFA as well as local farms and ranches, veterinarians, and other agencies to develop response plans and monitor for HPAI in poultry and livestock in the region. Learn more and stay up to date on CDFA's HPAI webpage.
    
    
• Quarantine Declared for Citrus in Valley Center
  • A new HLB citrus quarantine is in place in Valley Center. Other quarantines are in place in Rancho Bernardo and the City of Oceanside.

• Compliance Agreement for Growers who Export Nursery Products to Canada or Mexico
  
  
• Desert Knapweed (Volutaria) Information and IPC Website
  
  
• Nursery License Renewal Late Fees

Private Applicator Certification Exam: Schedule Online

                                             Office Locations | Job Openings | Email Updates