DNA fingerprinting identifies bean in patent dispute 

May 28, 2008

A UC Davis plant scientist played a key role in settling a controversial intellectual property dispute that resulted in the recent rejection of a nine-year-old U.S. patent for a common yellow bean that originated in Mexico....

Media calendar: National viticulture research conference 

May 28, 2008

July 9-11, Wednesday-Friday -- Some 200 scientists who are interested in grape cultivation, or viticulture, will gather for this intensive three-day national research forum. ...

Analyses given on almond, grape, tree fruit, and vegetable industries 

May 27, 2008,

By Dan Bryant
Contributing Writer

A trio of leaders analyzed the prospects for the almond, grape, tree fruit, and vegetable industries during the recent spring ag outlook conference of the California chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers in Bakersfield....

Expanded miticide choices boost almond IPM programs 

May 27, 2008,

By Bob Curtis
Senior Manager, Production Research
Almond Board of California

Several new miticides have come on the market recently, giving almond growers an opportunity to obtain season-long control of problem mites without using the same material twice. ...

Evaluation of insecticides for control of worm pests in alfalfa 

May 27, 2008,

By Eric T. Natwick
Imperial County Director, Entomology Advisor
University of California, Cooperative Extension

Several species of worm pests common in California alfalfa include beet armyworm, alfalfa caterpillar, and alfalfa webworm. ...

Rising fertilizer prices causing quite a stink 

May 23, 2008,

By Richard Cornett
Director of Communications
Western Plant Health Association

It seems the only thing these days generating more media buzz than the light brown apple moth is rising fertilizer prices....

International Conference on Precision Agriculture July 20-23 

May 23, 2008

The 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) will be held July 20-23 at the Hyatt Tech Center in Denver, Colorado....

Are California's oak trees dying? 

May 23, 2008

In spite of relatively abundant rainfall this past winter, the leaves of many oak trees in the Sierra Nevada and Coast Range are missing or turning brown. Douglas McCreary, UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension natural resources specialist, theorizes that early spring weather conditions are to blame and expects the trees to recover....

Farm bill snafu means new round of votes 

May 23, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Just as he’d promised for weeks, on May 21, President Bush vetoed the near $300 billion farm bill that Congress passed in a landslide vote. ...

Emergency Agricultural Relief Act dead in the water 

May 23, 2008

Federal legislation that would have provided emergency relief to the nation’s current agricultural labor shortage has died a quick death....

Field trials grade herbicides on weed control in alfalfa, wheat in low desert 

May 23, 2008,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

An impressive arsenal loaded with effective weapons is key to winning a war, and that’s exactly the artillery power that low desert alfalfa and wheat growers in California and Arizona have through a wide array of effective herbicides in the war against weeds....

Foothill Grape Day on June 5 features marketing panel, Mediterranean variety discussion 

May 23, 2008

Lynn Wunderlich, Univeristy of California (UC) Cooperative Extension farm advisor in El Dorado and Amador counties, invites foothill grape growers, winemakers, and industry partners to the annual Foothill Grape Day on June 5, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Sogno Winery, 3046 Ponderosa Road, Shingle Springs, Calif....

Agricultural technology critical in addressing global food crisis 

May 23, 2008

DuPont Group Vice President James C. Borel told a special United Nations meeting on the global food crisis this week that providing farmers in developing countries access to improved agricultural technologies and farming techniques is critical in addressing the global food crisis....

1,054 farm groups urge override of farm bill veto 

May 22, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Any doubts that farm organizations supported the 2008 farm bill conference report were laid aside Wednesday when more than 1,000 of them sent a letter to the House and Senate urging them to override the president’s veto....

Arizona lemon industry poised for near normal crop after 2007 freeze 

May 22, 2008,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A growing sense of normalcy is generating sighs of relief for citrus grower Jerry Driedger this spring....

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