Melon insect losses workshop at Yuma Extension office on July 2 

Jun 28, 2007

The University of Arizona is hosting a workshop entitled “Melon Insect Losses” for melon growers and pest control advisors (PCAs) in Yuma, Ariz. and Imperial Valley, Calif. on July 2 at the Cooperative Extension auditorium in Yuma....

California gets new bioenergy research center 

Jun 27, 2007

California will get one of the three new bioenergy research centers proposed by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman....

Western researchers invent device for more efficient ethanol production 

Jun 27, 2007

Ethanol to fuel cars, trucks, and other vehicles might tomorrow take less energy to produce, thanks to a device invented by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, Calif....

Good season for irrigated California wheat 

Jun 27, 2007

California's 2007 Durum wheat harvested acreage is estimated at 90,000 acres, according to the USDA/NASS California field office....

Beef industry faces consolidation, other woes 

Jun 26, 2007,

By Dan Bryant
Freelance Writer

American beef producers, beset by herd consolidation, export problems, ethanol production, shortages in feed and grassland, and other issues, are facing a new plateau of uncertainties, says a cattleman and agricultural appraiser from Hornitos, Calif....

By golly farmers should be gouged for power, too 

Jun 26, 2007,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Okay all you 7,000 freeloading “private agribusinesses,” get out your checkbooks and start writing. Your friends at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) think you should be writing checks totaling $100 million more each year than you now pay for electricity....

California prune crop down almost 50 percent 

Jun 26, 2007

The 2007 California prune crop forecast is 95,000 dried tons, down 47 percent from the 2006 crop, according to the USDA/NASS California field office....

Good protein levels, higher prices mark ’07 Western Desert Durum crop  

Jun 25, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As combines rolled across the Desert Durum wheat fields in California’s Imperial Valley and in Arizona during May and June, harvesting the crop referred to as the “Gem of the Southwest” generated worthy findings. ...

Grape industry researches health benefits 

Jun 25, 2007

Producers and processors of grapes and grape products in the U.S. have taken the first step toward working together on health-related research. Under the auspices of the National Grape and Wine Initiative (NGWI), scientific experts representing the table grape, juice, raisin and wine sectors, gathered recently in Watsonville, Calif. to develop strategies for expanding the research on and increasing awareness of the health benefits of grapes and grape products among consumers and health influentials. ...

Bartlett pear crop up from ‘06 

Jun 25, 2007

The ‘07 California Bartlett pear crop forecast is 210,000 tons, up 6 percent from the 2006 crop, according to the USDA/NASS California field office....

Brazil, India walk out of Doha Round negotiations 

Jun 22, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The World Trade Organization’s Doha Round negotiations have collapsed once again after delegations from Brazil and India walked out of talks with the European Union and the United States in Potsdam, Germany....

Agreement for Goleta water district transfer  

Jun 22, 2007

The Bureau of Reclamation and the Goleta Water District have completed negotiations to facilitate an agreement for the transfer of a federally owned distribution system. The proposed agreement is available for a 60-day public review and comment period....

Subcommittee votes to extend farm bill 

Jun 22, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities caught most of the agriculture community by surprise when it approved a five-year extension of the 2002 law during a mark-up session for the commodity title of the new farm bill....

Western bee experts weigh in ‘Perfect storm’ potential cause of honeybee colony collapse disorder 

Jun 21, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A buzzing “perfect storm” of stress factors occurring simultaneously may have caused the large honeybee die-off that transpired from fall 2006 into spring 2007. ...

Arizona Department of Agriculture port inspectors uncover $1.2 million smuggling effort 

Jun 21, 2007

Two Arizona Department of Agriculture (ADA) port inspectors on June 18 caught individuals trying to smuggle $1,230,385 in U.S. currency in a commercial truck-tractor and box trailer during a routine agricultural inspection at the Sanders Port of Entry inspection station in Arizona....

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