Western Farm Press News Archive

DWR holds drought response workshop

Jun 11, 2009

The California Department of Water Resources will hold a San Diego workshop June 30, to provide updates on drought impacts and response activities....

Rice production, suppy lower in June

Jun 11, 2009

U.S. rice supplies in 2009-2010 are 3 million cwt lower than last month, as estimated production is lowered 4 million cwt and imports raised 1 million cwt, says a U.S. Department of Agriculture World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) Report....

Leader with Kearney vision to retire

Jun 11, 2009

Fred Swanson, director of the University of California Kearney Research and Extension Center near Parlier, Calif., for the past 26 years, guided the transformation of a quiet UC field station in rural Fresno County into a world-class agricultural research facility. ...

CCA, Organic Fertilizer seminar July 23

Jun 11, 2009

The California Certified Crop Adviser Program (CCA) and the Organic Fertilizer Association of California (OFAC) will present a seminar on the role of crop advisers in providing advice and products to growers producing certified organic crops July 23, in Modesto. ...

Farmland values reflect recession

Jun 10, 2009,

By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer

Regional surveys of 2008 California farmland values reflecting market uncertainties of the global recession and slower-paced sales were disclosed in Sacramento at the Spring Ag Outlook Conference of the California chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)....

NLGMA requested from USDA

Jun 10, 2009

Agricultural associations representing the U.S. leafy greens industry sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on June 8 requesting the agency begin the process of establishing a national marketing agreement for leafy greens....

Medfly quarantine set in Mira Mesa

Jun 10, 2009

Two additional Medflies have been trapped and larval properties have been detected in Mira Mesa, triggering a new eradication area that expands the current quarantine....

Water supply for irrigation slashed again

Jun 10, 2009

Additional restrictions on the state's water projects in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) were announced, further reducing the amount of water available to people, businesses and farms throughout California. ...

Bombino forced to stop illegal produce imports

Jun 10, 2009

An agreement has been announced with Bombino Express Worldwide to stop illegally importing mangoes and yams. ...

Arizona Agri-Weekly, June 8

Jun 10, 2009

Here is the latest Arizona crop and weather news from the National Agricultural Statistics Service – Phoenix, Ariz. office....

Water crisis worsens by the day

Jun 9, 2009,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Central California Congressman George Radanovich was miffed at being criticized for chastising the federal government for protecting the Delta smelt when he also authored controversial legislation to restore salmon to the San Joaquin River....

Ethanol needed to meet growing auto numbers

Jun 9, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Millions of viewers saw Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves cross the finish line first at the Indianapolis 500 a couple of weeks ago. ...

Mechanized thinning for wine grapes

Jun 9, 2009

A research team from the Viticulture and Enology Research Center (VERC) at California State University, Fresno has joined with an international agricultural equipment manufacturing company to improve mechanized pruning for wine grapes in California’s San Joaquin Valley....