In an intense yet friendly competition, California State Assembly Member Cathleen Galgiani emerged victorious to lay claim as Capitol Roller, signifying California’s top legislative sushi maker....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Criticism continues to rain down on the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce government spending by phasing out direct payments to agribusinesses with more than $500,000 in annual sales, capping payments to individual farmers at $250,000 and ending cotton storage payments....
California’s 2008 grape crush totaled 3,672,644 tons, down less than 1 percent from the 2007 crush of 3,674,453 tons, according to the Final Grape Crush Report released on March 10, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office....
The 2008-09 Valencia orange forecast is 30 million (37.5-pound) cartons, 6 percent below last season’s estimated total of 32 million cartons....
David Schaad, acting executive director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in California invites everyone to Celebrate National Agriculture Day on March 20, 2009, and support the row crop farmers, fruit and vegetable producers, food scientists, livestock ranchers, equipment manufacturers and others who will take our country's agriculture industry into the future....
The latest research findings on rice production will be shared with growers, pest control advisers, industry representatives, regulatory agencies and others March 25, at a University of California Cooperative Extension Rice Production Workshop in Yuba City. ...
By Eric Grant
Like commercial producers everywhere, Teresa and Doug Mondani, who ranch near Ione, Calif., have been looking for ways to capture more dollars from their cattle so they can remain competitive during these tough economic times....
By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer
As regulatory pressure mounts on use of broad-spectrum insecticides, alternatives such as pheromone mating disruption (PMD) are being considered for control of codling moth (CM), the main pest in California walnuts....
By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer
California’s walnut industry has a record 434,000-ton crop to find homes for this year, but that’s only part of the challenge in an uncertain global economy, says Dennis Balint, chief operating officer of the California Walnut Commission....
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Navigating the complex maze of trade issues between the U.S. and Canada is often frustrating, not to mention fraught with economic pitfalls for all parties concerned....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Not many are known by only one name. There is Prince, Brando, Curly, Sinbad and Sting....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For several years, U.S. honey bees — key for good crop yields — have been dying off or abandoning colonies en masse, resulting in fears for the pollination of U.S. crops. ...
The Westlands Water District announced on March 4 that it is joining with other public water agencies in the San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority in filing a lawsuit to undo the latest round of cutbacks that federal authorities have ordered in California's water supplies....
Arizona’s mountain snowpack is melting fast due to above average temperatures and below average precipitation during the past few weeks....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Obama administration appears to be having second thoughts about its proposal to phase out direct payments to agribusinesses with sales of more than $500,000 and replace them with “green” payments....
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