By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
President-elect Barack Obama’s announcement of his nominees for agriculture and interior secretaries drew a quick and mostly positive response from members of the agricultural, conservation and environmental communities....
Pesticide use in California has dropped for the second consecutive year, according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)....
Many people remember the recent nationwide salmonella outbreak earlier this year originally thought to be caused by tainted tomatoes that was then later determined to be caused by jalapeno and Serrano peppers from Mexico. It cost both industries millions of dollars....
Western Growers ushered in the newest additions to its board of directors during the association’s 83rd annual meeting in La Quinta, Calif., in November....
Arizona State University’s Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness is expanding its offerings in Mexico. ...
Gus and Marsha Arzberger of Willcox, Ariz., state senators, received the Arizona Farm Bureau’s Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award during the organization’s 87th annual meeting in Carefree, Ariz....
California Department of Water Resources
State Water Project (SWP) deliveries throughout California could be permanently reduced by up to 50 percent under a new Delta smelt Biological Opinion issued on Dec.15....
By Richard Cornett
Communications Director
Western Plant Health Association
Earlier this year I was asked to deliver a talk about how the public perceives the chemical industry in general and the pesticide business in particular....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It won’t come as a surprise to those who grow them, but a recent USDA report reveals the cost of producing vegetables and melons has risen significantly, by about 32 percent from 2004 to 2006....
The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Inspection Services Division is announcing two vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board. ...
A microscopic biological sensor that detects Salmonella bacteria in lab tests has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and university colleagues. ...
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The current fall production area for harvest for the leading fresh-market vegetables in the United States is expected to decline from a year earlier....
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Arizona will review all applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) received by Jan. 30. ...
The Agriculture Department’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) places corn used for ethanol production at 3.7 billion bushels, down 300 million bushels from the November estimate....
By Dan Byrant
Contributing Writer
When severely yellowed and stunted lettuce plants showed up in Salinas Valley fields in September of 2006, many growers mistook the damage for spray burn, but laboratory testing showed the cause was impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) and opened a new mystery for plant pathologists....
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