The latest Arizona agriculture update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Phoenix, Ariz., field office:...
By David Doll, Farm Advisor, Merced County
We are midway through almond harvest. As we finish up shaking our earlies and nonpareils, we need to keep in mind the list of orchard tasks to help maintain crop production for the next year. ...
By Roger A. Baldwin, UC Wildlife Pest Management Advisor, Kearney Agricultural Center
Pocket gophers cause extensive damage to many crops throughout California. ...
By Ann Perry, USDA
An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist is looking for cover crop perennials that provide the best balance in biofuel production between agronomic success and environmental sustainability....
By Dennis O'Brien, USDA
Three Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have been inducted into the agency's Science Hall of Fame for research accomplishments that include improving rice varieties, increasing crop productivity in arid climates, and enhancing human and bovine health by focusing on safeguards to dairy cattle and milk....
By Dan Bryant, Contributing Writer
Can lesser-known European varieties improve returns for the San Joaquin Valley wine grape industry?...
Farm audits for the second herd retirement implemented by Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) in 2009 have been completed, and the majority of the 74,114 cows that produced 1.5 billion pounds of milk have been sent to processing plants. ...
Rigid, custom-fit foam pieces like those that keep computer monitors firmly in place inside cardboard boxes during shipping could be made with eco-friendly starch from potatoes, wheat or corn, instead of from petroleum, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research plant physiologist Gregory M. Glenn....
A six-member Korean trade delegation concluded its familiarization tour with a visit to a rice farm, where the new harvest was just getting underway....
By Dan Bryant, Contributing Writer
New information on powdery mildew of grapevines developed by UC Davis scientists provides a more precise temperature threshold for more economical control of the disease through a computerized predictive model....
The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering its decision to incorporate indirect land use changes in calculating the impact of biofuel production on greenhouse gas emissions for the Renewable Fuel Standard 2....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The thorny issue of immigration reform may get pricklier before it gets better, and Congress may have a narrow window of opportunity to make meaningful changes in a system that has not worked well for years before the cycle of national elections makes passing any contentious issue even more difficult....
By Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter and Yuba Counties
If you cannot speak the language, you cannot follow the conversation. ...
By Gary Bender, UCCE Tree Crops Advisor and David Shaw, UCCE Ornamental/Landscape Advisor, San Diego County
By now almost everyone growing tree crops in California is undergoing some amount of mandatory water cutbacks, especially if they are buying water from water districts....
Dismal prices, sluggish sales, high production costs and challenging weather conditions have left alfalfa farmers with little to no profit in 2009, prompting a focus on “Improving Your Odds of Profitability” at this year’s Western Alfalfa and Forage Conference, Dec. 2-4, in Reno, Nev....
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