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May 2008
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Pine Tree Apple Orchard near St. Paul, Minn., developed hundreds of acres surrounding its farmland to get a jump on urban sprawl and prevent it from having a negative impact on the farm. Photo courtesy of Pine Tree Apple Orchard Click here to read the story |
Orchard Controls Surrounding Space
According to his son, Art Jacobson came up with a brilliant way to check the urban development that was encroaching on his orchard: He bought the surrounding land and developed it himself.
Mechanical Thinning Brings Larger Peaches with Less Labor
Spring was slow to arrive in Adams County, Pa., this year, but eight growers had already lined up with Penn State Extension to use machines to thin their peaches when blossoms arrived several weeks later. That was a good indication that mechanical blossom thinning was on the right track.
Emergency Relief Bill Might Take Heat off Growers and Workers
Fruit and vegetable growers who were hoping to get into the 2008 growing season with a greater sense of security about their seasonal labor supply did not get much encouragement from the Bush administration as spring came.
Market Place
Let’s Mechanize Our Way to a Better Future
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News Room
Bus Tour to Board in Iowa for Education, Networking and Fun
May 5, 2008 - If you want to make over your farm market marketing strategy, network with other farm marketers, learn from seasoned vintners and hear the latest in agricultural research, then you won’t want to miss the Southwest Iowa Agri-Tourism Bus Tour June 17-18.
Michigan apple growers continue marketing program
May 5, 2008 - Michigan apple producers voted to continue the Michigan Apple Advertising and Promotion Program.
No-Match Letters Move Forward
March 25, 2008 - The Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have proposed changes to a No-Match Rule that was shot down by a district judge last fall, clearing the way for no-match letters to be sent out this year.
UPI's Assail Insecticide Label Expanded
Feb. 27, 2008 - Nippon Soda Company has received EPA approval of Assail insecticide for use on cucurbits, stone fruit, tree nuts, legume vegetables, bulb vegetables, strawberries, blueberries and other cane and bush berries.
Revus Fungicide Receives Federal Registration
Feb. 27, 2008 - Syngenta Crop Protection has announced the federal EPA registration of Revus fungicide for use on Brassica vegetables, bulb vegetables, cucurbit vegetables, peppers, leafy vegetables and grapes.
News Feeds
A Look at the Details of the Farm Bill
The five-year farm bill completed Thursday is a multibillion-dollar grab bag. Tradingmarkets.com (5/9)
Bush Set to Veto $300 Billion Farm Bill
Administration officials have dashed hopes among farm-state lawmakers from both parties that President Bush will sign a nearly $300 billion farm bill that they finished Thursday. SFGate (5/9)
Farmers Look to Congressmen to Help with Labor Shortages
Over the years, Curtis DeBerry has slowly shifted operations of his Rio Grande Valley-based Progresso Produce LTD to Mexico. The Brownsville Herald (5/9)
Small Farmers Have Huge Stake in Farm Bill Debate
For the co-owner of Windrose Farm, the ideal measure includes better funding of so-called specialty crops and aid for those with a desire to work the land. Los Angeles Times (5/8)
Apple Moth Quarantine Around Sonoma
A 15-square-mile quarantine was established Monday in Sonoma County in the ever-widening - and increasingly controversial - war against the pest known as the light brown apple moth. SFGate (5/7)