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Trade deals a boon for ag, chief U.S. negotiator says
CHICO, Calif. - The recently enacted free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia will be a boon for agriculture in the U.S., and particularly in California.
So asserted Islam Siddiqui, the chief agricultural negotiator for U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, during a forum on trad ...
Washington wine grapes look better than expected
Washington wine grapes may well bounce back with record tonnage this fall after recent years of cool weather and freeze damage, a leading vintner says.
"So far looking at my grapes, I would say they probably will be more fruitful than I originally thought," said Wade Wolfe, winemaker at Thurston ...
California cherries looking better after rough start
The first couple of weeks of California's cherry season in Bakersfield and Arvin were a bust with very little fruit. Harvest improved as it moved into the Visalia, Fresno and Madera areas. After Memorial Day, it should really take off with heavy volumes of Bing cherries around Stockton, Linden ...New fungicide aids with resistant rice disease
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- LSU Agriculture experts say a new fungicide could help rice growers fight a plant disease known as sheath blight. The LSU AgCenter says the new fungicide's brand name is Sercadis. It is sold by BASF. A news release from the AgCenter says the use of Sercadis ...Diamond Foods contracts aim at bolstering walnut supplies
Diamond Foods will offer new contracts intended to revive the flagging number of farmers delivering walnuts to the snack maker. The company has said its suppliers have been abandoning the cooperative-turned-public corporation for "more lucrative alternatives," denting its walnut supply this yea ...ACX Pacific Northwest earns presidential export award
John and Mike Gombos of ACX Pacific Northwest have received the Presidential “E” Award from U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson. The award is the highest recognition a U.S. business can receive for contributions to the expansion of U.S. exports, according to a White House press release. ...California dreams of water solutions
Like many farmers in California, Ross Shoop wonders how much water he'll get for his pasture this year.
The Corning, Calif., turkey farmer draws water from the Tehama-Colusa Canal System, whose federally contracted water allocations have been drastically scaled back during drought years.
"In the ...