By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Fifty-five percent of U.S. farms report having Internet access in 2007, up from 51 percent in 2005, according to a USDA report on farm computer ownership and usage released in August....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s projected average U.S. corn yield of 152.8 bushes per acre could fall by a couple of bushels before all is said and done, according to Al Kluis, Northland Commodities, LLC, speaking at a Minneapolis Grain Exchange press briefing on USDA’s Aug. 10 supply and demand estimates....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The implementation of the mandatory almond pasteurization program will start as planned on Sept. 1, 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)....
National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) leaders are applauding a recent decision by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to approve changes to its reformulated gasoline regulations that will include greater use of ethanol in gasoline sold in the state. ...
Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Cooperative Extension
Girls, where’s your mother?” ...
By Lyra Halprin
UC Cooperative Extension
Farmers, ranchers and agricultural professionals are eligible for funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. ...
Highlights of the Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007, H.R. 2419, include the following: ...
Western Growers has financed an economic impact study to quantify the harm to California growers associated with reductions of water supplied by state and federal Delta operations....
Western vegetable production will soon shift from the California coastal production areas to the Arizona desert, where there are about 75,000 acres of leaf and head lettuce produced each year. The majority is in the lower Colorado River and Gila River valleys of Yuma County where elevation is below 100 feet. ...
By John Nowazki,
Agricultural Machine Systems Specialist
NDSU Extension Service
The Federal Aviation Administration has made changes to the Wide Area Augmentation Service that affects the global positioning system correction service used by farmers and many other users. These changes mean that most GPS units used for agricultural applications, such as tractor guidance systems and combine yield monitors, need software updates to continue to function. ...
By Richard Cornett
WPHA Communications Director
The debate swirling around California’s plans to limit the amount of fumigants used on farm fields continues to gain momentum, with industry experts arguing that reductions will make little difference to the state’s air quality. State officials are countering that they are under court order to make it happen by the end of this year. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Congressman Ron Kind, D-Wis., introduced legislation aimed at overhauling the farm bill during debate on the measure in 2002, his amendment fell just a handful of votes short of passage – 200-216. ...
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced today that USDA is furthering its research on the safety of fresh produce. Nearly $5.5 million will support collaborative research to identify risk factors and preventive measures for E. coli O157:H7 contamination in fresh produce. ...
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA/APHIS has issued a set of rules to regulate the harvesting and sale of more than 220,000 acres of Roundup Ready (RR) alfalfa in the U.S., in compliance with the permanent injunction issued earlier this year by a California federal district court, which halted the sale of seed for the herbicide-resistant crop. ...
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Fair warning American agriculture: When California leads, the nation bleeds. ...
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