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Funds available for specialty crop projects
Funding is available for South Dakota's specialty crop industry that includes projects enhancing the competitiveness of fruits, vegetables, nuts, nursery crops and horticulture. Sioux City JournalRead more of the story. more »
California will register MIDAS
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation will register Arysta LifeScience’s MIDAS for commercial use, once regulations take effect to designate the fumigant as a restricted material. CDPR’s decision follows an extensive scientific review and is... more »
California announces 2011 block grant program
Proposals for the 2011 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, designed to enhance the competitiveness of California’s specialty crops such as nuts and tree fruits, are being accepted by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.... more »
Project to impact native pollinators
Fruits and nuts are high value crops in the Mid-Atlantic states worth over $300 million and are being heavily impacted by honey bee shortages for pollination. Farm and DairyTo read more, click here. more »
2011 ag exports forecast at near record
Fiscal year 2011 agricultural exports are forecast to be the second highest level ever at $113 billion, which is $5.5 billion greater than the 2010 forecast and nearly $17 billion above 2009. Much of the... more »
Rely Gets New Formulation
Rely herbicide from Bayer CropScience will be available in a new, more powerful formulation, Rely 280, for 2010.The new Rely 280 formulation, approved by EPA and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, also will be... more »
Tart Cherry Industry Sales ‘Restriction’ Set at 68 Percent
The national red tart cherry crop came in at 355 million pounds, a whopping increase over USDA's June estimate of 283.6 million pounds. At its meeting Sept. 10, the Cherry Industry Administrative Board increased the... more »
House Votes to Create State Blueberry Commission
Move over pecans, peaches and peanuts ?the Georgia blueberry may get its own state agency too. The Atlanta Journal Constitution more »
Bayer Sells Guthion to MANA
Bayer CropScience has sold the insecticide Guthion (azinphos methyl) to Makhteshim Agan Industries, Israel (MANA).MANA purchased the European rights to Guthion several years ago. The recent divestiture includes North and South America.Bayer (BCS) is selling... more »
Apple Production Up 12.9 Percent
The value of Washington's agricultural production for 2003 reached a near record $5.75 billion, 3.1 percent above 2002, according to the USDA Washington Agricultural Statistics Service (WASS). The record stands at $5.88 billion, which was... more »
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