When a retired Fresno State agriculture professor shared his enthusiasm for his college’s programs at a social gathering years ago, he never suspected that the result would be a $29,442,516 million cash gift to the Fresno State College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology — the largest single cash gift ever received by the university or in the California State University system....
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will convene a meeting with environmental organizations to discuss the statewide drought on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. ...
By Richard Buchner
UC Farm Advisor, Tehama County
and Allan Fulton
UC Farm Advisor, Tehama County
Reduced water supplies represent a real challenge for irrigation managers. ...
The Hass Avocado Board (HAB), which conducts generic avocado marketing for foreign and domestic suppliers, has scheduled its annual board elections....
By Franz Niederholzer
UC Farm Advisor
Sutter/Yuba Counties
It is too early to tell if a crop is set in Sacramento Valley prune orchards, but it's not too late to plan ahead to feed and protect a good crop....
National Corn Growers Association President Bob Dickey released the following statement on the California Air Resources Board’s passage of a proposed low carbon fuel standard:...
The United Fresh Produce Association Research & Education Foundation will form a new Center for Global Produce Sustainability to help companies across the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain enhance business through sustainability....
By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program has a pesticide use permit to control beet leafhopper (BLH), vector of the virus, on federal rangeland during 2009....
Applicants for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), administered by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), have until May 1 to apply in Arizona, and June 15 to apply in California....
Eurofresh Farms, America’s largest greenhouse grower, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to The Arizona Republic....
CDFA Secretary A.G. Kawamura encourages California farmers and ranchers to apply for federal drought assistance through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. ...
CDFA Secretary A.G. Kawamura is encouraging California farmers and ranchers to participate in conservation programs through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A three-year study by the Crop Protection Research Institute (CPRI) has found that for every dollar spent by farmers on insecticides, $19 is returned....
NRCS is providing an opportunity to add conservation practices to land that will improve wildlife habitat....
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are making progress in determining the genes that control pit formation in plums — the first step in a project to develop pitless varieties of this fruit....
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