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Tomato spotted wilt virus probed in San Joaquin Valley studies8/22/08 University of California researchers are continuing to survey tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) this summer to... HeadlinesU.S. agriculture dodges a bullet on latest Doha maneuversAug 28, 2008 10:14 AM, By Forrest Laws Talk about your no-win situations. That’s what the Bush administration found itself in at the Doha Round negotiations that collapsed when China and India demanded the United States make “unacceptable” concessions on market access and farm subsidies.... “Fingerprinting” helps make great grapesAug 28, 2008 10:12 AM At about this time next year, nearly all of the 2,800 wild, rare and domesticated grapes in a unique northern California genebank will have had their “genetic profile” or “fingerprint” taken. ... Kelly Keithly is new chairman of the American Seed Trade AssociationAug 28, 2008 10:09 AM The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) has announced a new slate of leaders for its 2008-2009 officers, board of directors, as well as several association divisions and committees.... California DPR sees opportunity to clear the airAug 27, 2008 10:35 AM, By Mary-Ann Warmerdam A recent appellate court ruling reaffirmed that the state Department of Pesticide Regulation appropriately met its legal commitment to help clean the air. ... Scientists take research about codling moth to the streetsAug 27, 2008 10:33 AM Although sex is a strong attractant, food can sometimes be a bigger draw. ... Scientists tie chickpea disease to fungal culpritAug 27, 2008 10:24 AM, By Jan Suszkiw The fungus Sclerotinia trifoliorum plagues legume crops worldwide. ... Controlling ants to help fight the constant battle against vine mealybugAug 26, 2008 10:26 AM, By Brenda Carol Multi-generation insects like the vine mealybug are tough to control because all growth stages can be found at the same time in a vineyard.... Western Farm Press News Archive Commentaries
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advertisement Farm Bill2009 California farm bill priorities topic at Aug. 4 meetingThe 2008 farm bill (Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008) became law on May 22, and included a strong conservation component that translates into millions of dollars in technical and financial assistance for California farmers, ranchers, forest managers and organizations to protect natural resources on private lands.... Buy-in waiver for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program underway in new farm billAlan Nulliner, executive director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Arizona, announced on July 11 that the agency will allow producers who would otherwise be ineligible for the new disaster assistance programs to become eligible by paying a fee as required by the 2008 farm bill.... USDA begins sending out advance direct payments for 2008Farmers have begun receiving $1.15 billion in direct payments for the 2008 crop year, USDA officials announced. ... Across the sunbeltCellulosic ethanol pilot plant: UT/DuPontDuPont and the University of Tennessee have announced plans to build a new cellulosic ethanol pilot plant and research facility that could help provide the best of both worlds for the renewable fuel.... Crop conditions continue to vary in lower SoutheastCrop conditions continue to vary widely across the lower Southeast and that is particularly true for Alabama where some corn was reported to be in the best shape in recent years, while other fields bordered on disaster. ... Hello Dolly, goodbye LRGV cotton cropVirtually all 91,000 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley cotton crop was destroyed by Hurricane Dolly.... 
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