California will receive about $10.9 million from the federal 2008 farm bill to help farmers and ranchers with conservation practices to improve air quality....
Kevin Rogers, president, Arizona Farm Bureau Federation (AZFB), has been reelected to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Board of Directors and reappointed to the AFBF’s executive committee. ...
Arizona’s all cotton production for 2008 is estimated at 401,600 bales, 23 percent lower than the final ’07 production, according to the Arizona field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)....
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the secretary of agriculture in the new Obama administration....
Rising production costs including fertilizers, seeds, chemicals, fuel, land and equipment as well as higher labor and capital expenditures will pressure agriculture producers’ bottom lines in 2009, according to Rabobank’s recently published “North American Food & Agribusiness Outlook.”...
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Several insect pests injure alfalfa plants and reduce crop yield and quality. ...
John Smythe, state executive director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in California announced that the sign-up period for the 2005-2007 Crop Disaster Program (CDP) will end Feb. 27, 2009....
USDA Secretary Ed Schafer has announced up to $58.4 million in financial assistance to agricultural producers and entities nationwide through the new Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)....
By Aaron Kiess
Executive Director
California Alfalfa and Forage Association
There is a new year, a new president and a lot of questions that won’t be answered for some time as Barack Obama first turns his attention to the economy, national security and other pressing issues....
In line with growing health awareness and changing demographics, demand for fruits and vegetables is expected to increase in the long term, according to Rabobank’s recently published “North American Food & Agribusiness Outlook.”...
A university-industry partnership begun several years ago is bearing fruit – in the form of new technologies that could significantly enhance the sustainability of California’s food processing industry....
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and cooperating scientists are studying a system that, in rice field tests, cuts water use by 24 percent....
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Producing high quality alfalfa hay means keeping the field clean, and that can get tricky at times. ...
By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer
“Somehow the industry has to evaluate the 300 new cultivars we’ve had since 1980 and discipline ourselves to dump the ‘dogs’ before new orchards are planted.”...
As more and more growers in the San Joaquin Valley begin diversifying their crop mix, the more important basic soils knowledge becomes. ...
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