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Food & Farm News

July 28, 2010

• Success reported against invasive moth
• Kiwifruit crop matures on schedule
• Cotton crop develops slowly
• Families own most farms, report says

July 21, 2010

• Walnuts withstand heat
• Farm exports rebound
• Overseas wine sales improve
• Pomegranate harvest nears

July 14, 2010

• Fig crop delayed, but delicious
• Bumper almond crop forecast
• It's time to celebrate ice cream
• Honeybee database may help solve mystery

July 7, 2010

• Apple crop looks good
• Don't pack a pest this summer
• Farmers seek estate tax reform
• Growers plant less wild rice

June 30, 2010

• Pear growers await the start of harvest
• New apricot variety becomes available
• Wheat harvest behind schedule
• More olive oil health benefits

Ag Alert

July 21, 2010

• Rice growers toss away the calendar for this year
• Estate tax reform sees movement with Senate bill
• Farm exports rebound from last year's lows
• Notification rules lead to changes for farmers, PCAs
• Commentary: D-Day approaches on estate tax reform

July 14, 2010

• Almond growers, marketers prepare for big 2010 crop
• Farmers call for more flexibility in water quality rules
• Outreach work to continue on water report rule
• Commentary: It's time for Congress to act on free trade agreements

July 7, 2010

• Farmers, deputies see increase in metal theft
• Proposal would delay water bond vote until 2012
• New egg barn meets Prop. 2 rules, farm says
• Commentary: Can we save the Williamson Act? Should we?