Site-specific treatments - economical nematode management
Site-specific precision agricultural technology for control of nematodes offers a significant breakthrough in managing yield-robbing plant parasitic nematodes across the U.S. Cotton Belt, according to a University of Arkansas nematologist.
Don Cameron – 2012 Western High Cotton winner
Don Cameron’s three decades of farming on the West Side of California’s San Joaquin Valley can be defined by the numbers 3 and 26. When the 59-year-old California native started farming near Helm in 1981, his crop list totaled three. Today, his crop maps identify 26 crops on the 7,000 acres he farms under the banners of Terranova and Prado Farms.
Pima harvest kick-starts American ELS market
The first USDA FOB Pima price quotes in eight months have established a current price of about $1.88 cents per pound for 2-2-46 American Pima. The reason it has been eight months since the last price quote is because there has been no American Pima cotton available. Last February inventory and available supplies of the 2010/2011 crop had virtually run out and prices for American Pima in the export market had rallied to over $3 per pound.
Farmers frustrated at EWG distortion of food facts
Like his peers, Merced County, Calif., farmer Cannon Michael is fed up with the Environmental Working Group’s annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of so-called consumer alerts about pesticide-contaminated fresh fruits and vegetables.
GPS signals at risk
Agriculture is in the thick of a fierce battle being waged before the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to pull the plug or at least modify a company’s effort to bolster its cellular network at the expense of the integrity of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals.
Roundup Ready alfalfa available for spring planting
Roundup Ready alfalfa planting seed will be on the market in time for spring planting season after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) unexpectedly granted non-regulated status for the herbicide resistant forage crop.
Far West High Cotton winner meets Arizona cotton challenges
W. Bruce Heiden, Buckeye, Ariz., is this year’s Far West Farm Press/Cotton Foundation High Cotton Award winner, and is closing in on his sixth decade of growing cotton in an environment unlike that of any other U.S. Cotton Belt state. Heiden has survived the challenges of Arizona cotton and been a state and national industry leader.
Agriculture fares better than general economy
The 18-month U.S. “great recession” ended a year ago, according to the federal government. Nevertheless, no one told the economy. Since the proclaimed end of the recession, the economy has been like a lost runner searching for the finish line after completing a marathon.
New farm labor rules coming
On the eve of spring harvest of hand-picked fruit and vegetable crops, the onerous and mostly ineffective H-2A program
