By Aaron Kiess
Executive Director, California Alfalfa and Forage Association
A year ago we were listening to people in the know who were giving us their insights into the 2007 acreage picture for alfalfa. Unlike this year, there was a range of best-guess estimates from no change to a 10 percent jump....
Stocks of all hay on California farms totaled 1.89 million tons as of Dec. 1. This was 6 percent above the 1.79 million tons on hand a year earlier....
Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced the availability of $74.5 million in emergency funding to continue efforts in California to stop the spread of the light brown apple moth....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Back-to-back Super Bowls are as rare as a used Yugo....
By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer
A panel of seedless citrus interests and beekeepers in the San Joaquin Valley met for a public hearing in Fresno recently to begin the task of resolving complex differences that threaten the way they do business....
Tim York, president of Salinas-based Markon Cooperative, has been named board chairman of The Center for Produce Safety at UC Davis. With 30 industry, academic, and regulatory members named to the advisory board of the center, UC Davis is poised to further advance its research and education partnerships on foodborne illnesses such as E. coli....
Hardworking blue orchard bees can be coaxed out of their snug winter cocoons just in time to pollinate the year's earliest and best blossoms, thanks to a newly designed box for these slumbering pollinators....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The new on-the-go module-making cotton pickers from Case IH and John Deere are called the biggest revolution in cotton harvest and handling since the invention of the module builder....
The world famous Budweiser Clydesdales, the symbol of quality and tradition for Anheuser-Busch since 1933, will be at the 41st World Ag Expo, Feb. 12-14, 2008....
Citrus production in California for 2007-2008 is forecast as follows: lemons, 17 million boxes, up 6 percent; grapefruit, 5 million boxes, up 25 percent; Valencia oranges, 15 million boxes, up 36 percent; navel and miscellaneous oranges, 48 million boxes, up 41 percent; and tangerines, 5.1 million boxes, up 76 percent....
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Not long ago California’s San Joaquin Valley Acala cotton was the envy of domestic producers across the U. S. Cotton Belt. Textile mills worldwide demanded it and paid a hefty premium for the quality....
Kate Scow, an investigator of soil microbial communities in agroecosystems, has been named deputy director of the University of California Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI). Scow will serve with Tom Tomich, director of UC Davis' ASI. She succeeds nematologist Howard Ferris who is on sabbatical in Costa Rica.
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By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Those engaged in California almond production loathe leaffooted plant bugs (Leptoglossus species). In 2006, the worst infestation in 20 years obliterated some almond orchards in the San Joaquin Valley causing more than 50 percent crop loss....
Eight organizations have been recognized by the Department of Pesticide Regulation as 2007 IPM Innovators. IPM — integrated pest management — promotes natural pest solutions to build a healthier environment that sustains itself with less reliance on chemicals....
Arizona’s all cotton production for 2007 is estimated at 505,000 bales, 11 percent lower than the final 2006 production. All acres for harvest, at 170,500, are down 24,500 acres from 2006. All cotton yield, at 1,422 pounds per acre, is up 20 pounds from last year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service — Arizona Field Office....
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