The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the reassignment of projected surplus beet and cane sugar marketing allotments and allocations under the fiscal year (FY) 2009 Sugar Marketing Allotment program....
California farmers are expected to produce 672,000 tons of winter wheat in 2008, 34 percent below last year, according to the Sacramento, Calif., field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and 15 other senators are trying once again to break the stranglehold of Florida politics on agricultural trade with Cuba by passing legislation that would loosen the decades-old U.S. embargo....
A two-day workshop, Meeting the Challenge of the Asian Citrus Psyllid in California Nurseries will be held June 11-12, in Riverside, Calif., at the Sunkist Center in the California Citrus State Historic Park....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There has been plenty of commodity group support for President Obama’s recent directive to the USDA, the EPA and the Department of Energy to pick up the biofuels development pace (see Obama's biofuel initiative)....
A research program originally established to monitor ammonia from fertilizer applications and other gases from dairy operations has grown to focus on particles of “much greater” size – up to 10 microns or more....
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers and the National FFA Organization announce a new agreement to promote awareness of the importance of agricultural education and agricultural career opportunities....
With their sweet, refreshing juices and succulent interior, watermelons are a favorite summertime treat, especially around July 4th. ...
A series of workshops will be held during the next few weeks to update farmers and ranchers about a new cost-share program to help reduce air quality emissions from off-road mobile or stationary agricultural sources. ...
Honey bee colony losses nationwide were approximately 29 percent from all causes from September 2008 to April 2009, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
The University of California has established the UC Animal Welfare Advisory Council to review issues of animal welfare related to animal agriculture, and to promote the development of recommendations based on sound science to improve the welfare of livestock and poultry....
Organizations representing the wheat industry in the United States, Canada, and Australia announced May 14 they will work toward the goal of synchronized commercialization of biotech traits in the wheat crop....
The Cotton Forum could provide cotton producers with both a timely getaway from mid-season bugs and heat this season and get them up to speed on the latest cotton fundamentals and marketing opportunities....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Arizona agriculture had its day in court on May 18 arguing that state of Arizona funding sweeps of $161,400 in grower assessment funds last spring was unconstitutional....
California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has increased this year’s State Water Project (SWP) delivery allocation from 30 percent to 40 percent....
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