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Farm bill passes Senate 81-15; heads to Bush 

May 15, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Senate was expected to pass a new farm bill by a wide margin on Thursday morning and that’s exactly what happened....

House passes 2008 farm bill conference report, 318-106 

May 15, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The House passed the farm bill conference report by a vote of 318-106 yesterday (May 14), giving farm organizations a major victory over the national news media and environmental and social activist groups who waged a war against it....

Shift to sellers market has likely become the norm 

May 15, 2008,

By Aaron Kiess
Executive Director
California Alfalfa and Forage Association

Although CAFA is an advocacy group and not a marketing organization, we get phone calls and e-mails from people looking for hay in small or large quantities....

CLRB lettuce drop projects advance  

May 15, 2008,

By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer

Although lettuce drop caused by Sclerotinia species continues to be a tough foe for growers on the Central Coast of California, researchers are gaining new information on how to deal with the fungal disease....

2008 California peach crop unchanged from 2007 

May 15, 2008

The 2008 California Freestone peach crop forecast is 430,000 tons, unchanged from the 2007 crop, according to USDA-NASS, California field office. ...

Standardized taste testing leads to better eating 

May 15, 2008

For centuries, farmers decided their fruit was ready to pick by plucking one from a tree and taking a bite. ...

Environmental groups try to sink farm bill 

May 14, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Environmental and social action groups were making a last-ditch effort to derail the 2008 farm bill conference report as the House of Representatives and the Senate prepared to debate and vote on the measure....

Farm bill conferees lambaste press coverage, Bush administration 

May 14, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

On May 8, the farm bill still wasn’t finished but was close enough that the main political players lined up to backslap and announce the latest provisions....

California crop report 

May 14, 2008

A series of weak low pressure systems transited through northern California last week, resulting in slight temperature swings from near normal to above normal for the north for most of the week. ...

New report paints bleak picture for California agriculture 

May 14, 2008,

By Richard Cornett
Director of Communications
Western Plant Health Association

One of the advantages of living a fairly long time is that one remembers what things used to be like way back when....

Farm bill war of words escalates as showdown over veto looms 

May 13, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says the farm bill conference report Congress will consider in the next few days would cost taxpayers another $20 billion above baseline spending for the long-awaited legislation....

California wheat crop forecast 

May 13, 2008

The 2008 California winter wheat production forecast is 672,000, 17 percent above last year. ...

Strong signs of record rice production 

May 13, 2008

Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America is forecast to reach a new record level in 2008, FAO said, warning that world rice prices could remain high in the short term, as much of the 2008 crops will only be harvested by the end of the year....

Heartburn in the markets, but is relief coming? 

May 12, 2008,

by Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

After 6 hours and 34 minutes of testimony before the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, U.S. agriculture isn’t any closer to solving problems that surfaced in the commodity markets in early March, when extreme price volatility nearly paralyzed forward contracting of crops....

Vineyard nutrition advances attributed to drip irrigation 

May 12, 2008,

By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer

“Drip irrigation is probably the single most important step that’s been made in changing vineyard nutrition practices,” says a University of California, Davis emeritus viticulture specialist....

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