By Carolyn DeBuse
UC Farm Advisor, Solano and Yolo
There are two types of cold damage that can happen to your walnut trees when winter arrives....
Fifteen U.S. rice mills have signed licensing agreements for the “Grown in the USA” logo, USA Rice Federation announced. ...
Research on a mosquito that transmits the West Nile virus won two awards for a University of California, Davis doctoral candidate at the recent Entomological Society of America's 56th annual meeting, held in Reno....
By Cheryl Covert
Plant Introduction and Distribution Manager
Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis
In January 2008, the University of California released five new UC-patented grape rootstock cultivars developed in Dr. Andy Walker’s grape rootstock breeding program in the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology, with the participation of Professor Howard Ferris in the Department of Nematology....
By Mark Lange
President and CEO
National Cotton Council of America
The world cotton market is replete with subsidies across the entire spectrum of producing countries, large or small, developed or developing. ...
Paramount Citrus, Delano, Calif., will be adding 1,000 acres to its 30,000 acres of citrus with the purchase of 1,000 acres in eastern Fresno County, Calif....
By Stephen Vasquez
UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor
Fresno County and
Matthew Fidelibus
UCCE Viticulture Specialist at UC KAC, Parlier
The relatively warm weather we’ve been having has prompted several grape growers to ask whether the San Joaquin Valley will accumulate enough chilling hours, the number of hours with temperatures below 50 degrees, this winter....
The following is the latest California crop weather update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento office released on Dec. 8, 2008....
By Paul S. Verdegaal
Farm Advisor, Almonds & Viticulture
UC Cooperative Extension, San Joaquin County
The 2008 season was the second dry year in a row after two wet years....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The shopping list for my office supply run may include a fire extinguisher....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Congressman John Salazar, D-Colo., appears to have moved to the top of the list of the candidates to become secretary of agriculture in the Obama administration....
Fresno State Winery’s 10th anniversary was celebrated on Dec. 5, 2008, with the release of a wine commemorating the 10th vintage honoring professor emeritus Dr. Carlos Muller, who helped establish the California State University, Fresno viticulture and enology program....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Dealing with “surplus” stocks of commodities has often been a contentious issue for farmers and government officials, but USDA appears to have found a way to move those stocks without having an adverse impact on crop prices....
UC Cooperative Extension, the California Avocado Society and the California Avocado Commission are kicking off their first grower meeting for the season....
A new survey of farm water districts debunks criticism that water is flowing unmeasured to California farms. ...
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