Salton Sea Ecosystem restoration plan released 

May 30, 2007

California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman has delivered the Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Preferred Alternative to the State Legislature, an historic strategy to revitalize California’s largest lake. ...

6 percent of raisins produced on overhead trellis 

May 30, 2007

Almost six percent of the California raisin type grapes are produced using the overhead trellis management systems, according to the USDA/NASS California field office....

2006 California prune acreage report 

May 30, 2007

California’s 2006 prune (dried plum) acreage is estimated at 72,500 acres, down 3 percent from 2005. ...

Monsanto forms International fruit, vegetable seed holding company 

May 30, 2007

Monsanto Company has announced the formation of the International Seed Group, Inc. (ISG), a holding company to invest in vegetable and fruit seed businesses with capital and technology investments....

Steve Dorfman stepping down at Brown-Forman Wine 

May 30, 2007

Steve Dorfman, chief winery officer responsible for the production operations of Brown-Forman's wine business, has stepped down from his position....

Almond disease trio on rise due to production changes 

May 29, 2007,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Many California almond growers are battling three diseases — almond scab, alternaria leaf spot, and hull rot — like never before. ...

Disaster relief war of words continues, no sign of relief 

May 29, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

House leaders say they sent a strong, “bipartisan” message to President Bush that U.S. farmers still need disaster relief to help them recover from hurricanes, floods, droughts and freezes in 2005 and 2006....

California hay stocks 

May 29, 2007

Stocks of hay on California farms as of May 1 totaled 190,000 tons....

Measuring localized movement of lygus into SJV cotton 

May 28, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Peter Goodell’s business card could read “Mr. Lygus.” The respected insect researcher in Western agriculture, who is interim director of the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, is widely known as a top point man for the insect Lygus Hesperus, including the insect’s movement and impact on crops in California’s San Joaquin Valley....

California potato stocks 

May 28, 2007

California’s fall potato stocks were estimated at 450,000 cwt. as of May 1, 2007, 13 percent more than last year's holdings. ...

California spring potatoes  

May 28, 2007

California’s spring production is forecast at 6.12 million cwt., unchanged from the previous month’s forecast, but 1 percent above last year. ...

Alfalfa trap crop and vacuuming help control lygus in strawberries 

May 25, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Several years of experiments have proven growers can reduce lygus numbers and yield money-saving results for California’s organic strawberries. ...

California field prices 

May 25, 2007

Mid-April prices received by California farmers increased from March for fall potatoes....

2006 California cotton production  

May 25, 2007

California farmers produced 779,000 bales of Upland cotton in 2006, 27 percent less than the 1.07 million bales produced in 2005....

Big 2007 crop offers a glimpse of future 1.5 billion pound crops 

May 24, 2007,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

There are few certainties in farming — but California almond growers are on a definite fast track to produce 1.5 billion pounds of almonds annually in the very near future....

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