New leaders for Farm Bureau 

May 19, 2009

The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected a group of 10 young agricultural leaders, including one from Arizona, to participate in the fifth class of the Partners in Agricultural Leadership honors program....

Extension cutbacks at Iowa State 

May 19, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The nation’s oldest state Extension Service is drastically scaling back the number of county agents who are on the front lines of providing agricultural information to producers....

Organic agriculture in perspective  

May 18, 2009,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Conventional, non-organic agriculture announced that it accounted for 96.5 percent of all food product sales in the U.S. last year....

Farmworker legislation reintroduced 

May 15, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The U.S. economy stands to lose $5 billion to $9 billion in sales to its foreign competitors over the next two years if Congress does not take steps to help solve the nation’s ongoing agricultural labor shortage....

Steps for producing large prunes 

May 14, 2009,

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?...

U.S. rice production up 

May 14, 2009,

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. ...

Pomegranate acreage increases in California 

May 14, 2009

“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....

Globalized agriculture requires regulation 

May 14, 2009

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, alfalfa field days May 21 

May 14, 2009

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....

EPA ruling on carbofuran tolerances  

May 14, 2009,

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....

CWT to remove 100,000 cows 

May 14, 2009

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....

Efficiency in sugar beet fertilization 

May 14, 2009

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....

Cotton market ‘biding its time’ 

May 14, 2009,

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 industry forms ACEF 

May 13, 2009

California egg producers announced on May 11, the formation of the Association of California Egg Farmers (ACEF)....

Maximum residue level workshop June 3-4 

May 13, 2009

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....

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