By Kim Kaplan, Agricultural Research Service
A higher total load of pathogens — viruses, bacteria and fungi — appears to have the strongest link with Colony Collapse Disorder found so far, according to a new study published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press editorial Staff
Cotton production is forecast at 13.2 million bales, up 3 percent from last year’s 12.8 million bales. Yield is expected to average 816 pounds per harvested acre, up 3 pounds from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 12.8 million bales, 4 percent above 2008. ...
By Rick Tolman, Chief Executive Office, NCGA
The prolific and talented author and contributor to The New York Times, Michael Pollan, is at the center of a self-initiated movement to redo our nation’s food system. The movement is built on a platform of opposing biotechnology and conventional agriculture – especially animal ag – while promoting the slow food movement, local production and organics. He is a frequent critic of corn production and puts it at the epicenter of his axis of food evil....
California agriculture revenues showed little change as the sales value of its products for 2008 were down fractionally from the 2007 income level of $36.4 billion, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service....
A recent UCLA study that claims there's a link between Parkinson's disease and pesticides in well water has several flaws, according to Renee Pinel, president and CEO of the Western Plant Health Association in Sacramento, a trade group in Sacramento that represents pesticide manufacturers....
State agriculture crews will conduct a survey in Fresno's River Park area for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) insect starting Tuesday, Aug. 11....
By Marni Katz, Contributing Writer
Researchers are testing new and existing wine grape varietals and clones for their suitability to the San Joaquin Valley to help growers make the best selection for new and replanted vineyards....
By Marni Katz, Contributing Writer
A number of research topics specific to wine and raisin grape production in the San Joaquin Valley were discussed at the San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association’s second annual Viticultural Research Road Show in Fresno earlier this summer....
Two separate quarantines are in place in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties after white-striped fruit flies and Oriental fruit flies were detected in La Verne....
USDA will begin continuous sign-up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program Aug. 10, with the first sign-up period cutoff scheduled for Sept. 30....
This past May, The USDA released the publication “Factors Behind the Rise in Global Rice Prices in 2008” by N. Childs and J. Kiawu. The authors reviewed long and short-term factors that caused the increase in rice prices. They concluded that the most important factors behind the recent increase in price were export restrictions by major suppliers, panic buying by several major importers, a weak dollar and high oil prices....
When: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, 8:00 a.m. - Noon...
By Dan Bryant, Contributing Writer
The value of a grape vineyard is determined by many factors, a key element being the value of the grapes and, in turn, the value of the wines made from them, says Tony Correia, a veteran specialist in vineyard appraisals....
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has tentatively accepted 294 bids in the third herd retirement it has conducted in the last nine months. ...
By Dan Munk, University of California, Farm Advisor, Fresno County
Although cotton acreage has declined in recent years, nearly 200,000 acres of some of the world’s finest quality cotton will be harvested this year in California....
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