Oriental fruit fly quarantine lifted 

Jul 8, 2009

The California Department of Food and Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have eradicated an Oriental fruit fly infestation in Lakewood. ...

CWT removes 101,000 cows 

Jul 8, 2009

Cooperatives Working Together has finished the farm audits of its seventh herd retirement round since the program was started in 2003, removing 101,040 cows that produced almost 2 billion pounds of milk....

Crop cost studies available 

Jul 8, 2009

New studies showing costs of establishment and production of small grain silage, wheat for grain, processing potatoes, pasture, reduced till corn silage, organic leaf lettuce, blueberries and winegrapes are now available from the University of California Cooperative Extension....

Highway 99: Central California’s ‘Despair Belt’ 

Jul 7, 2009,

By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Last month I drove California’s version of the infamous Midwest Rust Belt....

Friday deadline for early corn yield entries 

Jul 7, 2009

Corn farmers have until Friday (July 10) for early entries in the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest....

425 million pound pistachio crop  

Jul 7, 2009

Excellent growing conditions are expected to yield a 425 million-pound pistachio crop in 2009....

California Crop Weather, July 6 

Jul 7, 2009

The latest California agriculture update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., Field Office:...

Arizona Agri-Weekly, July 6 

Jul 7, 2009

The latest Arizona agriculture update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Phoenix, Ariz., Field Office:...

USDA quarantine insurance for citrus, avocados 

Jul 6, 2009

Beginning this fall, USDA will offer California citrus and avocado producers limited crop insurance for losses from quarantines for the 2011 crop year....

California receives USDA grants 

Jul 6, 2009

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded matching grants that support agricultural market research and demonstration projects, including nearly $200,000 for three projects in California....

California field crop acreage report 

Jul 6, 2009

The latest California field crop acreage and production update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif. Field Office:...

Arizona wheat, corn acreage lower 

Jul 1, 2009

Arizona’s 2009 Durum wheat planted area is estimated at 125,000 acres, down 25,000 acres from 2008. ...

India, be careful what you wish for 

Jul 1, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

During climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, June 1-12, developing countries like India and China insisted that the United States and other industrialized countries shoulder the burden of cost in reducing greenhouse gas emissions....

Citrus research seminar July 10 

Jul 1, 2009

An educational citrus seminar will be held July 10, in Santa Paula, Calif., sponsored by the Citrus Research Board and University of California Cooperative Extension....

Spraying herbicide on invasive weeds 

Jul 1, 2009

It may not always pay for ranchers to use herbicides to kill exotic invasive weeds such as leafy spurge, according to a 16-year study by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and colleagues....

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