The Riverside County Board of Supervisors signed off on an agreement between the Riverside County Office of Agriculture and the state for ongoing efforts to detect the presence of pink bollworm species in cotton fields during its Tuesday, April 12, meeting.In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board authorized Agricultural Commissioner Ruben Arroyo to renew the compact with the California Department of Food & Agriculture, retroactive to Nov. 1 and ending Thursday, June 30.The Pink Bollworm Host-Free Monitoring Program contracts are renewed on an annual basis. The new one provides for $5,000 in state funds for county agricultural inspectors to watch for any signs of bollworm resurgence.In October 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared publicly that the pests had been
