The International Cotton Advisory Committee is projecting world cotton production will fall 5 percent to 103 million bales in the 2009-2010 marketing year; potentially sending cotton prices 9 percent higher....
By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Roundup Flex Pima cotton has been released by Monsanto for planting in 2010 in California....
A variety of green practices are being implemented on the University Agricultural Laboratory (Campus Farm) at California State University, Fresno to increase sustainability....
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is announcing vacancies on two advisory boards within the Inspection Services Division. ...
What: Field irrigation workshop and demonstration...
The University of California will close its statewide Small Farm Program on Dec. 31, in an effort to close a budget shortfall of the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), according to Shermain D. Hardesty, director of the program....
Eurofresh Inc., a year-round producer and marketer of greenhouse tomatoes, says the Willcox, Ariz.-based company will exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late November....
By Kathy Keatley Garvey, University of California, Davis
The "honey bee reproductive ground plan" hypothesis that originated two decades ago at the University of California, Davis, with bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., is drawing international attention....
By Janet Byron, University of California
At least two-thirds of a billion dollars is currently being spent in University of California laboratories systemwide to build better biofuels, a massive effort to help the state achieve its ambitious goal of a 10 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020....
Jess Smith & Sons Cotton Co., a 67-year old cotton merchandising firm headquartered in Bakersfield, Calif., has signed a five-year marketing agreement with Luthai Textile Co., Ltd of China, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high grade yarn, dyed fabrics and top brand shirts....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA hit U.S. wheat with a major surprise in its Oct. 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, increasing projected U.S. ending stocks for wheat to 864 million bushels. ...
University of Arizona
A University of Arizona (UA) researcher's work on gene expression could help protect plants from stresses including heat and drought, and even help people survive diseases like cancer....
By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The USDA-Agricultural Research Service laboratory in Beltsville, Md., has confirmed the insect found in a sticky trap in San Luis, Ariz., in mid-October was an Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). ...
Unlike last year’s frost-ravaged season, this year the California kiwifruit industry is predicting a larger crop of excellent quality....
The latest California crop weather report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office:...
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American agriculture exports 20 to 30 percent of its production annually. For specific commodities, the percentage is much higher. When recommending and applying pest management products for crops, license Pest Control Advisers (PCAs) and applicators and farmers must be aware of which products applied are in compliance with Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) established by foreign customers. This CE course details the MRL issue and why compliance is critical to marketing into world trade.