California cotton acreage falls below 500,000 

Jul 5, 2007

USDA/NASS and the California Pink Bollworm program see eye to eye on this year’s California cotton acreage....

New low water, fertilizer barley variety released by University of Arizona 

Jul 3, 2007,

By Susan McGinley
University of Arizona

After ten years of breeding and five years of testing, an improved variety of low input, six-rowed barley has been released by the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station. ...

California hiding behind tiny smelt, not facing reality 

Jul 3, 2007,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Go outside after dark tonight and find the moon. Extend your right arm out in front of you. Flick up your thumb. Cover the moon....

Wilson, Gallian honored by California ginners association 

Jul 3, 2007

Bill Wilson, manager of Dos Palos Cooperative Gin, Dos Palos, Calif. was named the California Cotton Ginners Association (CCGA)“2006 Ginner of the Year” during the organization’s annual meeting recently held in Morro Bay....

Record almond crop weighing down trees, prices 

Jul 3, 2007,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A record California almond crop has the state’s 615,000 acres of bearing trees and spot almond prices sagging under the weight....

Predatory mites in agriculture seminar is July 11 in Bakersfield, Calif. 

Jul 3, 2007

A half-day seminar on predatory mites in agriculture is scheduled for July 11 at the University of California (UC) Cooperative Extension (UCCE) office in Bakersfield, Calif....

Barra family purchases Redwood Valley Cellars 

Jul 3, 2007

Mendocino County, Calif. grape growers and wine producers Charles and Martha Barra and their family have completed the buyout of Redwood Valley Cellars, the 50-acre custom crushing, vineyard, and tasting room facility located just north of Ukiah....

Walnut blight controlled this season 

Jul 2, 2007

With reduced-crop problems surfacing for California walnut growers this season and a host of theories as to why the crop in some varieties is off as much as 70 percent, one reason that can be discounted is walnut blight....

Payment limit debate getting lost in the fog? 

Jul 2, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Most farmers are all for simplicity. When you’re fighting weather, heavy clay soils, new technology, low commodity prices and countless other variables, the last thing you want is something to make your life more complicated....

Arizona acreage survey results: Durum wheat, barley, corn up – sorghum 88 percent higher 

Jul 2, 2007

Arizona’s Durum wheat planted area is estimated at 80,000 acres, up 7 percent from 2006, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) Arizona Field Office in Phoenix, Ariz....

Appraisers chart farm economy, land values 

Jun 29, 2007,

By Dan Bryant
Freelance Writer

California agriculture is in a “Goldilocks economy” at the moment — it’s not too hot, not too cold, but just right, says Mark Clarke, Rabo AgriFinance, Santa Maria....

Court ruling not a victory for environmentalists 

Jun 29, 2007

Our April column on the court case and preliminary injunction involving Roundup Ready alfalfa expressed the hope that the planting ban would be lifted in the near future. We also had a "disclaimer" when we wrote that once an issue is in the court system, "sizing up the impact and future developments is best left to the experts."...

Fifth Western cotton conference Nov. 27-29 

Jun 29, 2007

The Central Coast Cotton Conference will be celebrating its fifth anniversary this year Nov. 27-29 at the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa in Monterey, Calif....

Currency exchange draws Algerian buyers to Western Desert Durum areas 

Jun 28, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A weakened U.S. dollar compared to the strong French Euro has Algerian wheat buyers shopping in the western United States for alternative sources of Durum wheat....

California nets $2.9 million in state, national conservation innovation grant projects 

Jun 28, 2007

California State Conservationist Lincoln Burton announced awards of nearly $379,619 in conservation innovative grants (CIG) on June 27 to six California organizations. ...

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