Farmers not cottoning to ACRE program, growers report 

Feb 26, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Farmers are not exactly knocking down the USDA Farm Service Agency doors to sign up for the average crop revenue election, according to members of a panel who spoke at an Ag Issues Forum at the start of the 2009 Commodity Classic....

2008 California field crop value pegged at $4.19 billion 

Feb 25, 2009

The estimated value of California’s 2008 field crop production was $4.19 billion dollars, that’s 11 percent above the $3.76 billion dollar value of 2007, according to the National Agricultural Statistic Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office....

USDA hosts advisory meeting on farm bill conservation priorities for California 

Feb 25, 2009

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California will host a State Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) meeting on March 4, 2009, to continue a public dialogue on priorities and procedures appropriate for implementing conservation programs in the Golden State in 2009....

New UC strip-tillage online publication for farmers 

Feb 25, 2009

A new University of California online publication outlines strip-tillage, a management practice with potential to save farmers money in fuel, labor and equipment costs while decreasing the amount of soil disturbed and dust generated as fields are prepared for planting....

Sunkist celebrates another billion-dollar year 

Feb 25, 2009

2008 was another billion-dollar year for Sunkist, the 11th in the past two decades which includes four freeze years, Sunkist President and CEO Russ Hanlin told more than 500 growers attending Sunkist Growers 115th annual meeting at the Ventura County Fairgrounds....

Preserving glyphosate efficacy vital to San Joaquin Valley growers 

Feb 25, 2009,

By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer

Roundup Ready has been a boon to agriculture in terms of easy, convenient weed control, but the resistance vultures are looming, if not already feeding....

California DWR sticks with 15 percent water allocation 

Feb 24, 2009

Severe drought has prevented the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) from increasing its State Water Project (SWP) delivery allocation for the first time since 2001. ...

Drought tops agenda for State Board of Food and Agriculture 

Feb 24, 2009

Impacts from the historic statewide drought will be discussed at the California State Board of Food and Agriculture meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Fresno. ...

California Fruit and Nut Review from NASS 

Feb 24, 2009

Here is the Feb. 17, California Fruit and Nut Review from the Sacramento, Calif., office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service....

Public meetings scheduled for Bay Delta Conservation Plan environmental review process  

Feb 23, 2009

Federal and California agencies in March will host a series of statewide public scoping meetings to solicit input and participation from the public, Tribes, and agencies in the environmental review of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)....

San Joaquin and Stanislaus Rice Growers Meeting Friday, March 13 

Feb 23, 2009

Where: Robert J. Cabral Agricultural Center, 2101 E. Earhart Ave, Delta Room, Stockton, Calif., 95206...

Less nitrogen could increase profit, sustainability 

Feb 23, 2009

More fertilizer doesn't always mean more profit. ...

Changing crop mosaic creates complications in lygus control 

Feb 23, 2009,

By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer

Lygus was a significant problem in cotton last year, particularly on the West Side of Fresno County....

Reducing the spread of vine mealybug by managing winery waste 

Feb 20, 2009,

By Rhonda Smith
Viticulture Advisor, Sonoma County
and Lucia Varela
IPM Advisor, North Coast Region

Vine mealybug (VMB) infestations were first detected in North Coast vineyards in August 2002....

Westerners rare to be found at Beltwide looking for answers 

Feb 20, 2009,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Starkly few Californians and Arizonans were at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences this year in San Antonio, Texas, where more than 3,000 cotton producers, consultants, researchers and industry suppliers gathered searching for answers to what happened to their markets and for routes out of one of the bleakest economic periods in U.S. cotton’s history....

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