By Marni Katz
Contributing Writer
Root-knot nematode infests up to 65 percent of California’s vineyard acreage, weakening vines, reducing vine establishment and ultimately limiting productivity. Even nematode resistant rootstocks, such as Harmony and Freedom, have become susceptible to this aggressive type of nematode....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Pillows of morning low-lying fog greeted the early bird farmers who gathered Tuesday for the first of day of the world’s largest agricultural exposition, the 2008 World Ag Expo (WAE) in Tulare, Calif....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Every March for at least a decade, California’s pistachio industry gathered in Monterey under the banner of the California Pistachio Commission (CPC) to update everyone on production, promotion and international issues affecting the industry....
By Marni Katz
Contributing Writer
Mechanical harvested dried-on-the-vine raisin production is helping growers reduce their reliance on hand crews in the traditionally labor-intensive crop....
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Bioversity International are partnering with the Global Crop Diversity Trust to develop a powerful, but easy-to-use, Internet-based information management system for the world's plant gene banks....
World Ag Expo chairman Shelley Khal recognized the 2008 Top 10 New Products at this year’s expo in Tulare, Calif. with special plaques presented during media day....
By Jennifer Hashim-Buckey
UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor and
David Ramming
USDA-ARS Research Horticulturist
Sweet Scarlet (US Plant Patent 15,891*) is a mid-season red seedless table grape with a light, fruity muscat flavor developed by David Ramming and Ronald Tarailo of the USDA-ARS in Parlier, Calif. The cultivar, formerly known as A2 and A61-16, was released in 2004 and resulted from the cross of two red seedless USDA selections C33-30 X C103-41....
Bringing grains of pollen to waiting blackberry and red raspberry blossoms may be the special talent of a small, emerald-green bee called Osmia aglaia. That's according to James H. Cane, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist, who — in outdoor experiments in Oregon and Utah — has studied the pollination prowess of this 3/8-inch-long bee perhaps more extensively than any other scientist....
It would probably be a good idea to toss a warm jacket into the pickup before you head to World Ag Expo this week....
The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has named Robert Whitaker, one of the produce industry’s most respected scientists, as the association’s first chief scientific officer....
Herbicides and insecticides continued to be applied and fumigation for carrot and tomato hot beds continued. In Fresno County harvest continued for farmers market crops such as amaranth, basil, bok choy, beets, broccoli, head and napa cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cilantro, choy sum, dill, dandelion, leaf lettuce, lemon grass, mint, mustard greens, collard greens, kale, tatsoi, tong ho, parsley, green onions, radishes, spinach, and yu choy....
With nearly 1,700 exhibitors and 100,000 attendees from 67 countries, all on 2.6 million square feet of showgrounds; World Ag Expo is the largest ag expo of its kind worldwide, and it’s next week!...
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Rodney Dangerfield got more respect than the U.S. cotton industry has received over the past year from so-called friend and foe....
The Today Show recently reported about a study that shows folic acid supplements greatly reduced the risk of premature birth. Meanwhile, federal health officials say not enough women are taking those supplements....
Oat, barley, winter forage, and wheat fields continued to grow well due to the ongoing rain. Across the state, ground preparation for grain and silage corn experienced some delay due to wet conditions. Dry land grain continued to emerge due to recent rains. Spring alfalfa fields continued to emerge with some fields being treated with herbicides. Dormant alfalfa herbicide applications were almost completed in Merced County. Spring sugar beet fields continued growing well with some being fertilized, irrigated, cultivated and treated to control insects, weeds and diseases....
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