By Aaron Kiess
Executive Director, California Alfalfa and Forage Association
If you’ve never written or called your state legislators, it’s time to let them know you oppose the Pacific Institute’s “More With Less” report....
By Bob Curtis
Senior Manager,Production Research
Almond Board of California
This year’s record-breaking almond harvest is the result of carefully planned and executed orchard management programs by California’s almond growers....
Thirty-four companies from throughout the produce supply chain have endorsed a new plan developed by the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) to move the supply chain to a common standard for electronic produce traceability by the end of 2012....
Tomorrow's household garbage might be blended with after-harvest leftovers from fields, orchards, and vineyards to make ethanol and other kinds of bioenergy....
By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer
Mechanical harvesting research in California olives during the 2007 season documented greater efficiency with hedgerows over traditional trees, according to Louise Ferguson, University of California, Davis Extension specialist in pomology....
“Shaping Our Destiny” is the theme chosen for this year’s Almond Industry Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 10-11 — one week later than usual — at the Modesto Centre Plaza, 1150 9th Street, Modesto. The event is sponsored by the Almond Board of California (ABC)....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
California’s $1.3 billion commercial citrus industry is bracing for what could be a massive threat to the future of the state’s 290,000 acres of citrus trees which grow about 85 percent of the nation’s fresh citrus....
A growing student interest in sustainable food and farming systems that are good for people and the environment has led to new classes and development of a new major at UC Davis....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
John Piña, Jr. launched his Piña Vineyard Management Co. in 1960 in California’s Napa Valley with a pickup truck and a single telephone in the kitchen....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Four farm groups have filed a lawsuit against Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and State Treasurer Dean Martin to regain $161,400 of grower-paid assessment funds the state “swept” earlier this year to help offset a $1.2 billion 2008 state budget shortfall....
The challenge of unearthing and identifying more than 1 million species of nematodes or round worms living among us has been met with enthusiasm by a team of UC Riverside researchers....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Economists are seldom mistaken for good humor men....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
I discovered a neat new word while researching for this commentary. ...
They loiter around a home, slip through an unguarded entrance, grab the treasures, and they're off....
This seminar will focus on a broad range of topics dealing with plant pathology and food safety research and information....
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