Drayton C. Mayers appointed president and CEO of Cotton Board 

Oct 23, 2007

Cotton Board Chairman Nancy Marino announced today that Drayton Campbell Mayers has been named president and chief executive officer of the Memphis-based Cotton Board....

Western Farm Press launches new online almond disease management CEU  

Oct 22, 2007

Western Farm Press, in partnership with MANA Crop Protection and the Almond Board of California, has launched a new, free online continuing education course. ...

Conner urges Senate to finish farm bill, ‘put on president’s desk’ 

Oct 22, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner said he is “grateful” that the Senate Agriculture Committee has reached an agreement on a new farm bill and could schedule a mark-up session on the legislation as early as next week (Oct. 24)....

Arizona Farm Bureau launches web-based Fill Your Plate program 

Oct 22, 2007

The Arizona Farm Bureau has launched Fill Your Plate, a new feature of www.azfb.org. Arizonans, chefs, and resorts now have a place to go to find fresh, locally grown, and raised products....

World Ag Expo introduces electronic registration for 2008 

Oct 19, 2007

World Ag Expo will be one of the first agricultural expositions to introduce attendee registration for the 2008 expo, scheduled for Feb. 12-14 in Tulare, Calif....

WTO panel slams U.S. cotton program – again 

Oct 19, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A World Trade Organization panel has agreed with Brazil’s claim that the United States is not moving fast enough to comply with a 2005 ruling against the U.S. cotton program, according to press reports....

Feedback from members key to staying on top of critical issues 

Oct 19, 2007,

By Aaron Kiess
Executive Director, California Alfalfa and Forage Association

CAFA encourages members to get in touch whenever there’s an issue that needs to be brought to the attention of the Board of Directors. The message appears in CAFA News and various types of correspondence. With an all-volunteer board and a shoestring budget, you need all the input possible to keep on top of developing issues, whether local, regional or statewide. That’s especially true in a state as big as California....

Vineyard irrigation management advances to new level 

Oct 18, 2007,

By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer

It’s easy to coast through a “normal” season throwing a little water here and there at the vines as long as the reservoirs are full, the wells are running deep, and there are no environmentalists filing lawsuits to take water away from people for endangered species....

USDA awards $950,000 for research against invasive pests 

Oct 18, 2007

Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced universities in four states will receive $950,000 in cooperative agreements for research against harmful pests and diseases....

U.S. negotiators asked to seek balance in Doha cuts 

Oct 18, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Every time you think the Doha Development Agreement is about to just go away someone comes along with yet another idea for resuscitating the long-running world trade negotiations....

California wheat: 2007 crop review, tips to minimizing damage from stripe rust virus 

Oct 17, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Wheat plantings in California in 2007 increased 23 percent over 2006, according to the 2007 California Wheat Variety Survey published by the California Wheat Commission....

USDA presents Discovery Award to University of California researcher 

Oct 17, 2007

USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Gale Buchanan today presented the 2007 USDA National Research Initiative (NRI) Discovery Award to Jorge Dubcovsky at the University of California, Davis. Dubcovsky was honored for his genetics research in enhancing the nutritional value of wheat....

Arizona’s 2007 upland cotton production off 5 percent from 2006 

Oct 17, 2007

Arizona’s 2007 upland cotton harvested acreage is estimated at 178,000 acres, down 5 percent from 2006, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in Phoenix, Ariz. ...

Battling on to preserve SJV Pima production 

Oct 16, 2007,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It was a packed ballroom at Harris Ranch Restaurant, Coalinga, Calif., for Supima’s recent 53rd annual meeting, unusual for a San Joaquin Valley (SJV) cotton meeting these days. Times are good for American Pima cotton, even though SJV cotton acreage has tumbled more than 500,000 since another Pima meeting was held in the same room about 20 years ago....

Dispelling myths swirling around pesticides 

Oct 16, 2007,

By Richard Cornett
WPHA Communications Director

It’s kind of interesting to note the items you come across on the Internet while searching for other things....

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