By Bill Krueger
UC Farm Advisor, Glenn County
Early observations of prune set in the Sacramento Valley look good. Of course, it is a long time before harvest and many things can happen. With a large crop comes the potential for small fruit. Growers should talk with their handler to determine desirable fruit sizes. Most will likely say that they need pitable stock (A and B screen) and that is likely where the best money will be. What can you do to produce good size fruit?...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. rice production is projected at 224 million hundredweight, 10 percent above 2008-09. U.S. planted area in 2009 is estimated at 3.18 million acres, up 6 percent from 2008. Harvested area is estimated at 3.16 million acres. ...
“You’re not going to be able to jump on the pomegranate bandwagon with your pockets bulging with gold without a lot of hard work,” said Kevin Day, farm advisor with UC Cooperative Extension Tulare County....
Globalization of agriculture production and food will likely mean more regulations on producers and suppliers, said Robert G.F. Spitze, professor emeritus of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois....
Small grain and alfalfa field days will be held on May 21, at the University of California, Davis, Agronomy/Plant Sciences Field Facility located just outside of Davis, Calif....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
FMC Corp. officials said they strongly disagree with and will file objections to EPA’s decision to revoke all U.S. food tolerances for carbofuran, the active ingredient in the company’s Furadan pesticide....
The dairy industry’s supply management program, Cooperatives Working Together (CWT), has tentatively accepted 388 bids representing 102,898 cows and 2 billion pounds of milk production capacity in the first of a series of herd retirements planned over the next 12 months....
A study conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators has dispelled a belief among some sugar beet growers that different sugar beet varieties require different nitrogen fertilization applications....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sit back and enjoy the ride. That’s basically the advice marketing experts were giving producers this morning now that cotton futures have risen out of the 40s and 50s and into the low 60-cent range....
California egg producers announced on May 11, the formation of the Association of California Egg Farmers (ACEF)....
The California Specialty Crops Council will present the issues critical to the successful trading of U.S. agricultural products during a one and one-half day workshop, June 3-4, in San Francisco, Calif....
A popular holiday treat, mandarin oranges are only getting better....
Farmers hope to gain media support with 'The Hand That Feeds U.S.' project....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Obama administration is continuing to push for a $500,000 cap on direct payments, a new limit on total farm program payments and elimination of cotton storage credits in its budget proposals for fiscal year 2010....
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of Rayne Pegg, legislative and policy adviser for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, as the new administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service....
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