Lygus, PBWs

Lygus are known for damaging feeding habits on alfalfa, cotton and stone fruit. Pink bollworm (PBW) is nearing eradication in the West, but has long-been destructive to cotton fields in Arizona and California. Both lygus and PBW are major pests of Western agriculture.

May 24, 2012

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CCA role grows in era of regulations

California farmers, dairymen and ranchers must comply with the most demanding regulations in the nation, far more onerous than any of their counterparts in other states. However, California agriculture has not only survived this dubious distinction but has thrived. In 1975, California agriculture gross farm income was $8.5 billion. Now, as the No. 1 agricultural state in the nation, it’s roughly $38 billion and growing....More
May 24, 2012

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Farm odor sources often overlooked

With summer just around the corner, a time of increased outdoor activity by all rural residents and a period of increased awareness of livestock farm odors, now is an opportune time for livestock farm managers to do a quick assessment of these less conspicuous odor sources....More
May 24, 2012

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Deer semen technology may bring trophy bucks

In addition to growing trophy-sized deer, sperm research also may be the beginning of a new disease-control measure as well as a way to keep some species from becoming extinct....More
May 24, 2012

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EPA declares west Pinal County short on dust standard

EPA declared a portion of western Pinal County, Ariz., to be in nonattainment for the 1987 federal PM10 coarse particulate matter standard....More
May 24, 2012

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California bees help with Maine’s blueberry harvest

Field studies done in Washington County and elsewhere in Maine have shown that yields can be increased by as much as 1,000 pounds an acre for each hive servicing that acre, up to five hives per acre....More
May 24, 2012

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Collegiate FFA seeks agriculture ambassadors

Collegiate FFA is now accepting applications for its National Collegiate Agricultural Ambassador program. Twenty selected students will serve during the 2012-2013 school year....More
May 24, 2012

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Dairy cattle fertility has no magic bullet

Lower pregnancy rates are an issue for the dairy industry because they translate into reduced herd growth and potential loss of profits....More
May 24, 2012

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Domino’s Pizza decision based on science, not extremists

Science has proven that gestation sow stalls are the best way to protect and nurture pregnant sows near birthing. Allowing a sow ‘in the family way’ to run through fields of sunflowers and daisies plus open streams while snorting out Kumbaya song lyrics before the birthing event is far from the best interest of the sow and her soon to be delivered, cute-as-a-button offspring....More
May 24, 2012

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Southwest Farm Press

Diseased horses smuggled across US border

Ten horses probably smuggled into Texas across the Mexican border are infected with Equine Piroplasmosis (EP), a condition routinely found in Mexico and numerous other countries around the world, and a condition that can prove fatal to horses and could create major constraints to interstate and international movements if left undetected....More
May 24, 2012

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Agriculture contests veracity of nitrate study, urges review

California's agriculture community called for peer review of a UC Davis study on nitrates in groundwater, emphasizing it did not use existing data from authoritative sources and contains material deficiencies that should be examined before the State Water Resources Control Board uses the report as a basis for policy decisions....More