Mandarins growing in appeal 

May 13, 2009

A popular holiday treat, mandarin oranges are only getting better....

Farmers hope to gain media support 

May 13, 2009

Farmers hope to gain media support with 'The Hand That Feeds U.S.' project....

Obama budget riles farm groups 

May 12, 2009,

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....

New marketing, regulatory programs leader 

May 12, 2009

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....

California Crop Weather update 

May 12, 2009

At the start of the week (May 4), high pressure aloft was beginning to rebuild over California in the wake of a frontal system which brought precipitation to the northern portions of the state, according to the Sacramento, Calif. field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)....

Blueberry, blackberry field days May 19-20 

May 12, 2009

Farmers interested in learning more about growing blueberries or blackberries can learn from the experiences of other growers and University of California researchers at two days of berry-themed events this May....

Safe trucking for agriculture 

May 12, 2009

The American Trucking Associations’ Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference (AFTC) recently released the “Manager’s Guide to Safe Trucking During Agricultural Planting and Harvest Season.”...

Biocontrol for a wide-ranging thrips 

May 11, 2009

A pest with a voracious appetite may have met its match in a predatory mite being evaluated as a biocontrol agent by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Fort Pierce, Fla., in collaboration with University of Florida researchers....

Initial almond forecast – 1.45 billion pounds 

May 11, 2009

The subjective (initial) forecast for 2009 California almond production is 1.45 billion pounds (shelled), 9.7 percent below the 2008 revised production of 1.6 billion pounds....

Organic Initiative available to Arizona producers 

May 8, 2009

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from May 11 to 29 for a new initiative under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). ...

Inspire fungicide gains almond approval 

May 8, 2009

California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation has granted Section 18 emergency exemption approval of Inspire fungicide from Syngenta for use on Alternaria in almond orchards Butte, Glenn, Kern and Tehama counties....

India wants us out of cotton? 

May 8, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

There is a big difference between perception and reality when it comes to crop subsidies around the world....

Fulbright scholar to study wheat in Mexico  

May 8, 2009

Maribel Alvarez, an assistant research social scientist in the University of Arizona Southwest Center, has received a Fulbright/Garcia Robles grant to conduct research in wheat in Sonora, Mexico....

Funding for black farmers suit 

May 8, 2009

The Obama administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal will include funds to provide a final settlement for the lawsuit that alleged discrimination against minority farmers in USDA’s farm programs....

CCA exam registration deadline June 26 

May 6, 2009

The next Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) exam in California is scheduled for Aug. 7. Deadline to register is June 26. The exam will be given in Sacramento and Fresno. Training and review sessions will be held in both cities prior to the exam....

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