By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. cotton prices in 2009-2010 are expected to flounder between 57 and 65 cents per pound as the U.S. tries to market a crop of about 13 million bales, according to Jarral Neeper, president of Calcot, the grower-owned cotton marketing cooperative based in Bakersfield, Calif....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
If African farmers and the world’s hungry are to climb out of their misery and become more productive citizens, technology will have to pave the way, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates says....
El Niño in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean is expected to be a dominant climate factor that will influence the December through February winter weather in the United States, according to the 2009 Winter Outlook released by the National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center....
The latest California fruit and nut review from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office:...
An all-day organic production workshop will be held Oct. 28, in Goodyear, Ariz., at Estrella Mountain Community College....
By Rich Peterson, California Dried Plum Board, Executive Director
Gone are the days when California was the dominant world prune supplier with a market share of over 70 percent. ...
The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has developed wallet-sized cards for agricultural fieldworkers with information on who to contact if they become ill or injured from exposure to pesticides, DPR Director Mary-Ann Warmerdam announced....
According to Rabobank’s bi-annual Farm & Ranch Survey, the use of alternative energy sources doubled to 11 percent since the last survey was released in April....
The number and diversity of male partners a queen honeybee has could help to protect her children from disease, according to studies by University of Leeds scientists, who are investigating possible causes of the widespread increase in bee deaths seen around the world....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Gebisa Ejeta says the world will have to increase its production of food more in the next four decades than it has since the dawn of civilization....
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined federal, state and local officials, energy industry leaders, ranchers, and school children to celebrate Arizona’s first commercial-scale wind power project at the dedication of the Dry Lake Wind Power Project....
Davis Schaad, acting executive director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in California today announced the loan limit for its Guaranteed Loan Program has been increased to $1,112,000, effective Oct. 1. ...
The 39th annual Plant and Soil Conference will be held on Feb. 2 - 3, 2010, at the Heritage Complex, International Agri-Center in Tulare, Calif....
The October 2009 crop production forecast has been released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s California Field Office in Sacramento. The survey, conducted during the last week of September and the first week of October, includes the following commodities....
Studies in China and Colorado by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have revealed some interesting tactics on how to irrigate with limited water, based on a crop’s critical growth stages....
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