Growers, irrigators, and foremen can participate in a hands-on fertilizer/chemical injection workshop on Oct. 10 at the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) office from 8:30 a.m. until noon in Salinas, Calif....
Nominations are now being accepted for American Farmland Trust's (AFT) 2008 Steward of the Land Award. The annual $10,000 prize honors farmers or ranchers who best exemplify the AFT's mission of halting the loss of productive farmland and promoting farming practices that sustain a healthy environment....
The Mediterranean fruit fly infestation detected in the northern Solano County city of Dixon in mid-September may be just one of many isolated pockets of medfly infestations in California, says noted UC Davis medfly expert James Carey. ...
Energy crop company Ceres Inc. announced today that it has raised $75 million through a private offering of convertible preferred stock. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Adverse weather conditons ranging from floods to droughts are forcing Europe’s livestock and feeders and food processors to increase their imports of feed grains, the U.S. Grains Council reports. ...
“BSI: The Case of the Disappearing Bees” will be discussed by noted entomologist May Berenbaum at a public lecture hosted by the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Department of Entomology on Oct. 9 in the Activities Recreation Center, UC Davis, Davis, Calif....
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) recently announced the recipients of its 2007 awards, presented at their annual meeting this summer in Chicago, Illinois. Richard Jorgensen, a professor in the University of Arizona Department of Plant Sciences, was designated a member of the 2007 inaugural class of ASPB Fellows....
Research at the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center (MAC) focuses on cotton, small grains, alfalfa, and new specialty crops that could be used to provide fibers, oils, pharmaceuticals, and other products....
Western Growers’ officials have hired Hadi Tabbara as director of science and technology.
Tabbara joins Western Growers with academic training in agronomy, water quality, manure management, and environmental chemistry. He holds a doctorate from Iowa State University, a master’s from the University of Arizona, and a bachelor’s from the American University of Beirut where he served as a USAID fellow. ...
Controlling pests in citrus is the purpose of a Citrus Roundtable event on Sept. 27 at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center (LREC), Exeter, Calif....
In cooperation with Cotton Incorporated and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Mulch & Seed Innovations, LLC has developed two all-natural cotton-fiber hydromulch products that help control soil erosion – GeoSkin™ cotton hydromulch (used for semi-flat terrains) and HydraCX2® high-performance cotton hydromulch (used for steep slopes)....
A few farmers and agricultural service providers went to the field in late July and August to find their global positioning systems (GPS) were not operating as anticipated....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
California rice growers have two blast resistant varieties to choose from, the latest being M-208, released commercially to growers last season. ...
By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer
Twenty wine grape varieties common in Southern Europe that might add something special to wines made from San Joaquin Valley fruit are being evaluated at Parlier by University of California (UC) viticulturists and enologists. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Senate Agriculture Committee members appear to be at loggerheads on new payment limit language in the 2007 farm bill, a situation that could mean any new rules would be debated on the Senate floor....
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