Western Farm Press News Archive

Benefits of triticale stand tall

May 1, 2009,

By Larry Stalcup
Contributing Writer

With dairymen drowning in miserable milk prices, getting the most out of their forage and silage is crucial. ...

Final DWR survey: 66 percent of normal

May 1, 2009

The California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) final season snow survey indicates snowpack water content is 66 percent of normal for the date statewide. ...

Trained sheep provide vineyard benefits

May 1, 2009

A bucolic scene that harkens back to antiquity is being played out at the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center, south of Ukiah. ...

Cottonseed supply may not shrink

May 1, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Lower expected U.S. cotton acreage for the coming year may not necessarily result in less cottonseed for dairy feeding. ...

Why invasive plants take over

May 1, 2009

New research shows that two key causes of plant invasion — escape from natural enemies, and increases in plant resources — act in concert. ...

Swine flu: virus with an unfortunate name

Apr 30, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With the latest worldwide health scare – this time not SARS or West Nile virus or avian influenza or mad cow, but swine flu (H1N1) – modern technology has proven its efficiency and curse. ...

CDFA reaction to swine flu

Apr 30, 2009

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is monitoring and responding to the current swine flu outbreak in conjunction with federal and state agencies....

Rural water projects receive $615.8 million

Apr 30, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of more than $615.8 million in water and environmental projects that are being funded immediately with federal funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ...

Ag subsidies are more a world norm

Apr 30, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Ask an American living in the city about U.S. agricultural subsidies and he or she is sure to go on and on and about how U.S. farm policy is destroying the livelihoods of poor farmers around the world....

California Crop Weather Report April 27

Apr 30, 2009

Here is the California Crop Weather Report issued on April 27, by the California field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service....

Prune aphids in spring and summer

Apr 29, 2009,

By Joe Connell
UC Farm Advisor, Butte County

If fall or dormant aphid treatments were not applied and you've had aphids before, it will probably be easy to find them in your orchard about now. ...

Almonds benefit from global demand

Apr 29, 2009

According to a new Rabobank podcast, the almond market will continue to benefit from expanding global demand....

Ug99 — threat to world's wheat

Apr 29, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In recent years, a virulent strain of stem rust called Ug99 has largely overcome resistances bred into the vast majority of the world’s wheat varieties....