Farmers and Farmworkers Applaud Governor’s Veto of Senate Bill 1121 (Florez)

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Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) July 29, 2010
An alliance of nearly 30 agricultural trade groups and an estimated 10,000 farm workers today welcomed Governor Schwarzenegger’s of Senate Bill 1121 (Florez).
“We appreciate that the governor was able to look beyond the emotional rhetoric and focus on the true impact this measure would have had [...]

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Wheat Surges, Heading for Biggest Monthly Advance Since 1973

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July 30 (Bloomberg) — Wheat futures surged for a fourth day, set for the biggest monthly gain in almost three decades, on lingering concerns that drought in Russia and other parts of Europe will continue to curb global supply.
September-delivery wheat climbed as much as 1.3 percent to $6.355 a bushel on [...]

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Farmers in Kansas seek to expand test plots of Ethiopian grain into marketable fields of teff

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – When black farmers in Kansas first began growing an Ethiopian cereal grain known as teff five years ago, they were intrigued by the crop’s connection to Africa.
Now, the Kansas Black Farmers Association is working with conservationists to expand test plots of teff into market-sized fields that farmers [...]

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Brownfield produces 25 percent of Texas wine

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BROWNFIELD, TX (KCBD) - Brownfield’s town slogan is “A Grape Place to Grow,” and there is good reason for it.
With over 600 acres of grapes, Brownfield’s red soil has been known to produce 25 percent of the state’s wine. The mixture of sunlight and few diseases makes this a great place to grow [...]

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Winegrowers urged to focus on future

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The Riverland Wine Grape Growers Association is urging growers to attend industry meetings being held in Berri and Waikerie today.
The association’s executive officer, Chris Byrne, says various issues will be discussed, including the industry restructure, the basin plan and the looming locust threat in spring.
He says while there are a lot of [...]

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‘Specialty Farms’ Recalls Sprouts in the Wake of Possible Listeria Infection

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According to a recent report, Specialty Farms LLC is recalling two of its sprout packs. The move has come in the wake of revelation made by the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets, that the samples of alfalfas sprout blended products on July 14 had a possible Listeria infection.
The NYS Department [...]

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Farm owners describe wrongdoing

The owners of Aloun Farms have submitted responses admitting to wrongdoing in support of their guilty pleas to forced-labor conspiracy charges involving 44 workers from Thailand.
Lawyers for Alec and Mike Sou filed their clients’ admissions after Chief U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway postponed the sentencing last week when the [...]

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South African Winemaker Beck Dies in London, Farm to Continue as Normal

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South African winemaker Graham Beck died in London at the age of 80, leaving behind four farms that he said should carry on as normal after he passed away.
“It’s business as usual, that was his wish,” Etienne Heyns, marketing manager of Graham Beck Wines, said in a telephone interview from Franschhoek, near Cape Town. Beck’s [...]

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U.S. farmers may face crackdown on pesticide use

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WASHINGTON — The nation’s farmers could face severe restrictions on the use of pesticides as environmentalists, spurred by a favorable ruling from a judge in Washington state , want the courts to force federal regulators to protect endangered species from the ill effects of agricultural chemicals.
The eight-year-old ruling by a federal [...]

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Wet spring helped state’s wheat farmers

TRI-CITIES — A cool and moist late spring may have posed problems for some Washington crops, but it could be a boon to dryland wheat farmers.
Yields of Washington winter wheat are predicted this year to reach about 65 bushels per acre, up from 59 bushels in 2009, while the spring wheat [...]

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Despite Sherrod Spotlight, Black Farmers Denied

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Under glare of Sherrod case, black farmers, Indian landowners still wait for settlement money
Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback this week, despite the national spotlight provided by the quickly disavowed firing of a black department worker.
The Senate refused [...]

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France and India: The Beautiful Farms are all but dying

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Little light at the end of the tunnel: Bertranine says her decision to move beyond crops and livestock came with the gritty realization that agriculture had become a buyers’ market dominated by wholesalers whose sole objective was to crunch prices – Time photo
The cover story of the latest issue of the Time magazine [...]

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5 Types of Agriculture Loans

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Agriculture loans are commonly supplied by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). You may be able to find state or local loans as well, but the federal programs are often the most well-funded and easy to secure. Consider these programs if you are looking [...]

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Washington Apple Growers Predict Bumper Crop This Harvest

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RICHLAND, WA (N3) – Northwest apple farmers say early indications are it could be a bumper crop this year. They are just about done thinning their fruit trees. And that giving them a good forecast of what their final crop will be. KPLU’s Anna King reports.
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