State water leaders are calling on Californians to increase their water conservation as the 2009 water year draws to an end. Proclaiming Sept. 1 as “Save Our Water Day” at the California State Fair, officials from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the state’s leading water association asked local communities to pledge to increase conservation efforts....
A new federal study shows that ground water levels are at historic lows. ...
Those small and sometimes inconvenient sticky labels on produce may eventually be replaced by laser technology now being tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Florida (UFL) scientists....
The 2009 contracted production for California processing tomatoes is shaping up to be a record year with a forecast of 13.5 million tons and an average yield of 43.97 tons per acre....
The latest California agriculture update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office:...
The latest Arizona agriculture update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Phoenix, Ariz., field office:...
EPA has approved an amendment to the registration of Bollgard cotton that will allow producers in the eastern Cotton Belt to plant Deltapine 555 and other varieties containing the original Bollgard gene in 2010....
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has placed all of Orange County under a quarantine regulating the movement of citrus and closely-related plants....
A parcel inspection dog named Tassie, working for the Sacramento County Department of Agriculture, found approximately 100 Asian citrus psyllids (ACP) in a package this week in Sacramento....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A cultural war inside farm country may be emerging between conventional agriculture and organic production and the issue is “not worthy of debate,” says Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and farm policy at Kansas State University....
Bill Huffman, director of government relations for Farmers’ Rice Cooperative in Sacramento, Calif., was presented with the 2009 California Rice Industry Award. ...
Zynga, the largest developer of social games, announced that its FarmVille game is the largest and fasting growing social game in history, with more than 11 million daily active users. ...
By Donna R. Henderson, UCCE Farm Advisor, Imperial County
Prior to planting vegetable crops or planting of perennial crops, it is advisable to test the soil for plant parasitic nematodes. ...
VIASPACE Inc., a clean-energy company providing products and technology for renewable and alternative energy, issued the following update on its renewable, low-carbon energy crop, Giant King Grass....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. soybean farmers have much to lose and little to gain from the current language in the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule on the implementation of the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard....
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