The U.S. House of Representatives defeated the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 2749), which would have expanded the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to regulate domestic and imported food....
By Stephen Vasquez and George Leavitt, UC Cooperative Extension
As harvest begins to wind down, growers are starting to decide whether their canker infested vineyards are financially fruitful....
Highly educated and well-versed in international agriculture, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor for Imperial and Riverside counties, Juan Guerrero, said he never stopped being a "plow jockey." ...
The Almond Pest Management Alliance is sponsoring a one-day almond pest management training event at two locations this fall....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
At the halfway point of the 2009 U.S. cotton crop, analysts are saying the crop is shaping up to be between 12.42 million and 12.56 million bales, which is about 750,000 bales under USDA’s July 10 estimate. The analysts made their projections at the annual Cotton Forum in New York City on July 24....
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:...
A new yeast that makes ethanol from both five-carbon and six-carbon sugars without needing oxygen has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist....
By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The California Avocado Commission (CAC) has reduced its staff by 39 percent, from 18 to 11, due to budget cuts....
Saturday, Aug. 1, is the deadline for entries to the National Corn Growers Association's popular National Corn Yield Contest, one of the most popular programs for farmers for more than four decades. ...
The Rice Foundation is accepting applications for the 2010 Leadership Development Program. ...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is awarding $4.1 million in grants to 22 states to help farmers with disabilities through the AgrAbility program, which helps thousands of disabled people overcome barriers to continuing their chosen professions in agriculture....
By Bill Krueger, UC Farm Advisor, Glenn County
With a current Prune Board estimate of 160,000 tons, an estimated carryover of 40,000 tons and a large supply of prunes in South America (120,000 tons), many of them small — it is easy to see that there will be no money in producing small prunes....
Winter chill, a vital climatic trigger for many tree crops, is likely to decrease by more than 50 percent during this century as global climate warms, making California no longer suitable for growing many fruit and nut crops, according to a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Washington....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The world’s climate is getting warmer, and that could have a profound impact on U.S. agriculture, says Jerry Hatfield, supervisory plant physiologist with USDA’s National Soil Tilth Research Laboratory at Iowa State University....
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