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Date: December 19, 2007
- Shift is on--California losing cotton acreage
- Many new laws impact farmers on January 1
- Poinsettias brighten holidays for both consumers and farmers
- Commentary: Environmental stewardship and economic success
Date: December 12, 2007
- State experts discuss long-term water solutions
- Eminent domain abuse described by Annual Meeting speaker
- Commentary: Looking to the future--Annual Meeting delegates craft policies to advance agriculture
Date: December 5, 2007
- Mosebar tells of farmers' love of the land
- Delta plan aims to fix ecosystem and water supply
- Diesel prices gouge farmers' wallets
- Ask Your PCA:
Are fungicides going on the nut crops yet? - Commentary: Dry winter underlines water need
Date: November 28, 2007
- Proposed bill would expand Clean Water Act
- Property rights initiative reaches signature goal
- Their dearest wish: Ranchers work to protect wildlife on their property
- Commentary: Eminent domain initiative--1 million signatures is just the beginning
Date: November 14, 2007
- Authorities investigate rise in cattle theft
- Farmers clean up, give thanks after wind and wildfires
- Home on the Range for the blue oak
- Financing--a farm focus
- Commentary: Is this ethanol's last chance for success?
Date: November 7, 2007
- Recovery begins in scorched South State
- Nursery crop growers rebuild after wildfires
- The case of the disappearing bees
- Farmers once again are receiving water rights invoices
- County Farm Bureau leader shares tales from Australia
- Ask Your PCA
How busy will you be this fall? - Commentary: Betting on the farm bill to improve pest exclusion
Date: October 31, 2007
- Farmers begin recovery efforts as wildfires abate
- Senate farm bill gives a boost to specialty crops
- Moo U: Chico State dairy goes organic
- Haulers in holding pattern over hay securement rules
- Commentary: Wildfire protection means year-round safety planning
Date: October 24, 2007
- GPS beacon leads deputies to stolen equipment
- Tractors and fumigants are focus of plan
- Congressional hearing triggers alarm over lax pest inspections
- Commentary: Farmers and rural communities depend on each other
Date: October 17, 2007
- Grazing for change on Steel Swamp Ranch is a team effort
- Court action stalls air attack on LBAM
- Injunction delays DHS no-match rule
- Feds take closer look at California tie-down methods
- Financing--a farm focus
- A literary feast: A new crop of California farmers is writing books
- Commentary: Metal theft
Date: October 10, 2007
- More delta restrictions are possible
- Farm Bureau leaders join push for AgJOBS
- J. Roy Gabriel dies unexpectedly while on advocacy trip to D.C.
- CDFA builds vision to ensure vibrant future for ag
- Ask Your PCA:
What vegetable pests are you expecting this fall? - Commentary: The Clean Water Act--Misinterpretation and misimplementation
Date: September 26, 2007
- Farm Bureau backs governor's water proposal
- Medfly quarantine creates challenges
- Vietnamese farmers tour California farms
- Commentary: Check dams--humble structures worth preserving
Date: September 19, 2007
- Vineyard thieves target grapes, harvest supplies
- Farmers tell water board that coalitions work
- Crop swap: Southern California's booming nursery business brings new life to citrus acreage
- Commentary: Leadership Farm Bureau--a strong, unified voice for farmers and ranchers
Date: September 12, 2007
- No-match suit doesn't excuse responsibility
- Unsafe speeds get in the way of farm safety
- Policymakers, farmers ponder smelt decision
- Almond sales remain strong, but new plantings begin to decline
- Financing--a farm focus
- Commentary: National energy plan is a worthy, achievable goal
Date: September 5, 2007
- Raisin growers hope labor lasts through harvest
- Decision to save smelt means cuts for farm water
- Ask Your PCA:
How do things look going into the harvest? - Letter to the editor: More than simply a university farm
Date: August 29, 2007
- Williamson Act funds restored in state budget
- Fresno court weighs the future of fish and farms
- On the border: Programs aim to expedite cargo crossings
- Vet shortage nears critical stage, but you can help
Date: August 22, 2007
- Water woes undercut good harvest
- California ag seeks passage of AgJOBS
- Sacramento Valley may be perfect place to grow garbanzos
- Trading places: Teachers are the students in this outdoor classroom
- Commentary: Legislation results in expanding options for pest management
Date: August 15, 2007
- Signatures roll in for eminent domain initiative
- DHS releases Social Security 'no-match' rule
- Table olive growers get record prices as acreage shrinks
- Commentary: Farm Team--Make a difference one click at a time
Date: August 8, 2007
- H-2A: Is this the future of ag work force?
- Round 2: Farm bill debate now moves to Senate
- Nursery strawberries take big hit from hail
- Ask Your PCA:
How do vegetables look heading into the fall? - Commentary: The challenge of being a California winegrape grower
Date: July 25, 2007
- Ag committee OKs farm bill; long way to go
- Governor calls for action to prevent water crisis
- Corn, corn, corn, as far as the eye can see
- Commentary: Farm Bureau and allies lead fight for property protection
Date: July 18, 2007
- Farmers prepare for long, hot summer
- Experts urge aggressive fire control action
- Farmer and UC researchers make great team
- Commentary: The messenger is as important as the message
Date: July 11, 2007
- CFBF-sponsored initiative seeks to protect farmland
- Metal theft prevention now in local hands
- Farmers join effort to forge sensible rules for fumigant use
- Stumping won't hurt next season's avocado volume
- Commentary: We can prevent catastrophic forest fires
Date: July 4, 2007
- Farm Team helps protect funds for Williamson Act
- 'We won't give up' on immigration reform, leaders say
- Ask your PCA: How do the crops look, especially alfalfa?
- See's sweet success
- Commentary: FARM PAC® -- Shaping politics with action
Date: June 27, 2007
- Bountiful almond crop is a 'limb breaker'
- Federal judge rejects bid to turn off pumps
- Individual CHP approval needed for tie-down exemption
- Cow power: Producers work to strengthen markets for methane
- Organic dairy producer uses farm for 'agritainment' and history
- Commentary: It ain't easy being 'green,' but a reality check can help
Date: June 20, 2007
- Delta pumping eases shortage, but water storage is still low
- Farm Bureau helps control watermaster fees
- Ag haulers exempt from new rules
- Drought has ranchers selling cattle, seeking greener pastures
- Commentary: Agriculture in the genomics age
Date: June 13, 2007
- Tie-down law could jeopardize hauling of crops
- Farmers determined despite immigration setback
- Farmers scramble for water and ways to cut losses
- Commentary: Farm Bureau--working for you
Date: June 6, 2007
- Delta pump shutdown triggers concerns
- PG&E settlement improves services for farm customers
- Capital trip confirms ag must speak up on immigration
- Federal disaster funds approved for agriculture
- Ask Your PCA:
Can you give us a rundown of the season so far? - Commentary: Governor should keep promise to rural counties and family farms
Date: May 23, 2007
- Petaluma dairy shuts down over stockpiled tires
- Senate begins immigration reform debate
- Experts see big wildfire threat this year
- Science panel: Moth eradication remains possible
- Immigration reform--Get involved now
Date: May 16, 2007
- Record almond crop promises export opportunities
- For now, delta pump shutdown has been averted
- Farm Bureau sets top priorities for 2007 Farm Bill
- Farm Bill--Recognizing California's vast contributions
Date: May 9, 2007
- Valley growth fuels farmers' land use concerns
- Apple moth may interfere with plant shipments
- Farm aid fate uncertain after Bush veto
- Commentary: News stories highlight complexities of ensuring food safety
Date: May 2, 2007
- Immigration, pest inspections top Capitol agenda
- Agricultural land values increase
- Strawberries bounce back from earlier weather woes
- Frisky foals symbolize the new season
- Ask Your PCA: How do the crops look? Have you started applying copper yet?
- Commentary: California must increase water storage
Date: April 25, 2007
- Imperial farmers under pressure to save water
- What's next? California dairy producers map out a path to the future
- High court to review water rights 'fees'
- Rising success: Bay Area bread company has legions of fans
- A lesson in change
- Commentary: Back to the future with switchgrasses
Date: April 18, 2007
- Food-safety commitment tops agenda
- Participation urged in farm labor survey
- High hopes: Growers optimistic about this year's processing tomato crop
- Heavy lifting: Legislators join rural crime detectives to fight metal theft
- Commentary: Agricultural inspections are crucial to our nation's crops
Date: April 11, 2007
- Mysterious bee losses threaten several crops
- Corn prices have impact across many fronts
- Commentary: Advancing the science of biotechnology
Date: April 4, 2007
- Farm Bill forum: State will benefit from unified voice
- U.S. inks major free trade deal with South Korea
- Schwarzenegger calls for more surface water storage
- Restaurant food scraps help feed fields and vineyards
- Ask Your PCA:
Are you seeing insect or disease pressure in vegetables yet? - Commentary: Help our state's farmers keep their land in agriculture
Date: March 28, 2007
- Leafy greens board adopts safety measures
- Bill would move ag inspections back to USDA
- New meets old: Emerging technologies help in managing biodynamic farm
- Book recounts history of California rice
- Commentary: Grazing protects our rangeland ecosystem
Date: March 21, 2007
- New hay-hauling rules could pose safety risk
- Increasing use of biodiesel could fuel canola explosion
- Long-term tree damage from frost suspected
- Commentary: Agricultural and nutritional education is a seed worth planting
Date: March 14, 2007
- George Gomes named to No. 2 post at CDFA
- By the numbers: Crime losses hit all-time high
- Like father like son, Orin Johnson carries on a beekeeping tradition
- Editorial: Carrying out the plan, protecting our future
Date: March 7, 2007
- Tuck reviews climate change regulations
- Will storage surface in the state Legislature?
- Diving in: White seabass is first in marine finfish revival
- High-country cattle: For some, winter is the time to head for the mountains
- Ask Your PCA
How do Sacramento Valley tree crops look at this point? - Commentary: Young Farmers and Ranchers--Celebrating 60 years of leadership development
Date: February 28, 2007
- Air emission rules offer pitfalls, profits
- Avocado pest intercepted at state's border
- World Ag Expo: It's got something for everyone
- Commentary: Dairy industry takes on global warming challenge
Date: February 21, 2007
- Farmers find ways to work with utilities on tree trimming
- Rural residents face a rise in identity theft
- When less is more
- Fantastic flutter: Migratory birds take refuge in rice country
- Commentary: Better safe than sorry--on the farm
Date: February 14, 2007
- CFBF leaders talk issues with new Congress
- Federal legislators call for disaster relief
- A thousand words: Photographer captures the heroes of California's countryside
- Commentary: An FFA dream made real
Date: February 7, 2007
- Farm Bill proposal holds promise for state
- Losses mount as help arrives in hard-hit areas
- Chilled out: Some pests can't take the cold
- Rebels with claws
- Ask Your PCA:
What is your dormant program in almonds and walnuts? - Commentary: Californians must not forget their forests
Date: January 31, 2007
- Court rejects water rights fees after 4-year fight
- Freeze disaster prompts calls for immediate help
- Jujube goes prime time: Chinese date finds fast-growing market
- Commentary: The year ahead--Maldonado and Parra share their views on agriculture in 2007
Date: January 17, 2007
- Food-safety hearing draws wide interest
- What's the buzz? Farmers wonder about bee health
- Planting peace: California farmers help U.S. soldiers make a statement in Iraq
- Commentary: Expanded horizons offer endless possibilities
- Propane supplies short, but concerns ease with warmer weather
Date: January 10, 2007
- Theft of rBST highlights dairy crime spree
- New Congress faces a growing number of issues
- 'Charlotte's Web' highlights 4-H themes
- Commentary: Protecting the vitality of farming at our borders