Central Coast Counties Walnut Institute set for March 13 

Mar 10, 2009

Where: 649 San Benito Street, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hollister, Calif....

Henderson named plant pathology farm advisor in Imperial County 

Mar 10, 2009

Donna Henderson is the new plant pathology farm advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Imperial County effective March 2, according to County Director Eric Natwick....

Hedging seminar slated in Coalinga, Calif., March 11 

Mar 9, 2009

To educate cotton producers about options and futures contracts, and what they can do to increase their profitability potential for the 2009 crop season, Cotton Incorporated is holding a free cotton price risk management and pricing strategies seminar in Coalinga, Calif., March 11. ...

Ag secretary finding that changing programs in midstream may be a tough sell 

Mar 9, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is trying to sell commodity groups on the idea of replacing traditional farm programs with so-called green payments or carbon credits. ...

California water crisis battle continues to erupt on many fronts 

Mar 6, 2009,

By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer

Sometimes it’s easy to miss the forest for the trees. ...

Sanitation definitely limits navel orangeworm damage in pistachios 

Mar 6, 2009,

By Marni Katz
Contributing Writer

Navel orangeworm (NOW) is a significant pest in pistachios that requires an integrated and carefully planned strategy to keep damage levels below acceptable thresholds, according to experts at the UC’s Statewide Pistachio Day....

Agbiz: New fungicide coming for almonds 

Mar 6, 2009

A new fungicide is scheduled to be registered this year in California that will provide not only control of at least eight almond diseases, but will add to the all important resistance management toolbox....

Guayule: Is this desert shrub a fuel of the future? 

Mar 6, 2009

Superb natural latex from a desert shrub called guayule (why-YOU-lee) makes high-quality gloves, medical devices, and other in-demand natural rubber products....

San Joaquin Valley cotton quality very respectable for 2008 crop 

Mar 6, 2009,

By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer

California’s dwindling cotton industry hit a respectable home run last year in terms of quality, according to Craig Stevens with Dunavant of California, Fresno, Calif. ...

Harkin, Lincoln disagree on Obama spending proposals 

Mar 5, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Two of the top Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee are praising President Obama’s new “honesty in budgeting” approach. ...

UCCE rice production workshop is March 25 in Yuba City 

Mar 5, 2009

The 2009 Rice Production Workshop will be held on March 25 at the Refuge Restaurant in Yuba City. ...

California Crop Weather report from NASS 

Mar 5, 2009

Here’s the California Crop Weather report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office for the week ending March 1....

Sunkist board chairman receives national honor 

Mar 5, 2009

Nicholas Bozick, chairman of the Sunkist Growers Inc. board of directors, has been named 2009 Director of the Year by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC), headquartered in Washington, D.C....

ARS, cooperators discover wheat gene with resistance to stripe rust 

Mar 5, 2009

An international team of researchers that includes an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) expert on wheat biotechnology has discovered a gene that will make bread wheat capable of resisting stripe rust, a fungus that causes crop losses in many states....

ICAC says cotton acreage continuing to decline 

Mar 5, 2009

Farmers are expected to plant fewer acres not only in the United States, but in the rest of the cotton-producing world in 2009-10, economists with the International Cotton Advisory Committee said....

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