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....
Where: 649 San Benito Street, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hollister, Calif....
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....
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. ...
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. ...
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Sometimes it’s easy to miss the forest for the trees. ...
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....
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....
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....
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. ...
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. ...
The 2009 Rice Production Workshop will be held on March 25 at the Refuge Restaurant in Yuba City. ...
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