Recent Vegetable Articles

IPM strategy for TSWV

Mar 19, 2010 12:10 PM, By Dan Bryant, Contributing Writer

University of California researchers have come up with a three-step, IPM approach to managing tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), an increasing threat to processing tomato crops in the Central Valley....

LGMA membership deadline nears

Mar 18, 2010 11:37 AM

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) is currently accepting sign-up forms from new signatories for the 2010-2011 fiscal year....

California Crop Weather report

Mar 16, 2010 11:20 AM

The following is the latest California Crop Weather report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., Field Office:...

Arizona Agri-Weekly report

Mar 16, 2010 11:15 AM

The following is the latest Arizona Agri-Weekly report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Phoenix, Ariz., Field Office....

California Crop Weather report

Mar 9, 2010 11:40 AM

The following is the latest California Crop Weather report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., Field Office:...

California's new pest — Bagrada bug

Mar 4, 2010 11:03 AM, By Jian Bi, Entomology Farm Advisor, Monterey County

The Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris, (also known as the painted bug or harlequin bug) is a serious pest of many vegetable crops in East and Southern Africa, Southern Asia and Southern Europe....

Cost survey for lettuce industry

Mar 1, 2010 11:20 AM, By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A valuable tool is available for the lettuce industry in California’s Salinas Valley, the “Salad Bowl of the World” to help growers pencil out precise production costs to make more informed management decisions....

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News from the Farm Bill

House votes to suspend 10 base-acre provision for 2008

Sep 30, 2008 10:18 AM

The House passed bipartisan legislation yesterday to suspend for the 2008 crop year a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10 base acres to receive program benefits....

House votes to suspend farm bill base acre provision

Sep 26, 2008 9:59 AM

The House passed legislation supported by both parties that would suspend for the 2008 and 2009 crop years a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10-base acres to receive program benefits....

Senate committee wants to suspend 10-acre rule

Sep 24, 2008 11:07 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The chairman and two high-ranking members of the Senate Agriculture Committee are seeking to clarify the 2008 farm bill so farmers can make changes in their farming operations and continue to receive farm program payments....

Senators urge USDA to implement farm bill as written

Sep 16, 2008 11:27 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A group of farm-state senators led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is asking Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to stop trying to re-write the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 through the regulations implementing the new farm bill....



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