California farmers expect to harvest 190,000 acres of the state's 670,000 acres of corn for grain this season, up 73 percent from last year, according to USDA/NASS. The largest California corn acreage priort o this year was 600,000 acres planted in 1998. ...
California rice growers seeded 522,000 acrs this seeason, down 1 percent from last year, according to USDA/NASS. ...
California's cotton growers planted 185,000 thousand acres of Upland cotton and 265 thousand acres of American Pima cotton in 2007, according to USDA/NASS....
Stocks of wheat in California totaled 104,000 tons on June 1, 2007, 24 percent below the 136,000 thousand tons on hand a year earlier. U.S. stocks of all wheat, at 13.7 million tons, were 20 percent less than the 17.1 million tons on hand June 1, 2006....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Two Democratic senators have introduced a new version of the 2007 farm bill that could replace the House legislation's commodity programs with a state-based revenue counter-cyclical program....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
National Cotton Council leaders say they have not seen details of a WTO interim Panel ruling in the latest case brought by Brazil against the U.S. cotton program. But, if press reports are true, they say, the panel’s findings are contrary to facts in the world cotton market. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One of agriculture’s great success stories celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The longevity, and the myriad of outstanding achievements of the Cotton Research and Promotion Act are a tribute to the vision of American cotton farmers and industry leaders who developed and won government approval for the landmark self-help program. ...
After 35 years of serving California growers through the University of California Cooperative Extension, Harry Andris has retired. ...
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....
The California Grape & Tree Fruit League "enthusiastically supports" Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comprehensive action plan to improve California’s water system. ...
Fetzer Vineyards, Hopland, Calif., has been recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with the award of a 2007 Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Montréal Protocol, a signature event in climate protection endorsed by 190 nations. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Bush administration threatened to veto the House Agriculture Committee’s 2007 farm bill before the full House was scheduled to begin debate and vote on the legislation on Thursday (July 26.)...
Members of the California Leafy Greens Handler Marketing Agreement (LGMA) began using a service mark on July 23 that certifies membership in the program. The service mark, to be used on bills of lading, indicates a handler’s commitment to a set of good agricultural practices audited by the LGMA....
Good to fair is how the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in Phoenix, Ariz. sums up the current status of Arizona’s cotton and alfalfa crops....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. rice producers and merchants could sell more rice to Cuba with little risk of default on payments if the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control lifted the restrictions it imposed on such sales in 2005....
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