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Phasing Out Plum Island Disease Center Continues | Health content from National Hog Farmer
nationalhogfarmer.com | Jan 6, 2012
Consider it a changing of the guard. New York's aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center – a major biosafety level 3 animal disease research facility – is preparing to be phased out by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, NBAF, currently being built in

Tall Fescue Helps Protect Peach Trees from Nematodes / November 29, 2011 / News from the USDA
www.ars.usda.gov | Nov 29, 2011
Information Staff, Agricultural Research Service, USDA. Communicating news and information about scientific research.

Submitted for your approval is a new website that will thrill fruit lovers of all ages | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Nov 21, 2011
Submitted for your approval is a new website that will thrill fruit lovers of all ages. A new website committed to the pursuit of discovering and sharing more about Dwarf Fruit Trees as well as their care and maintenance. Beautiful pictures of fruit trees dance among the pages to entice and delight

Sunraysia hope in mangoes - Weekly Times Now
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au | Oct 26, 2011
KATE DOWLER tells of an ambitious plan with a crop new to Victoria

California Grape & Tree Fruit League Applauds Veto of Senate Bill 104 that Sought to Ban Secret
www.prweb.com | Jun 29, 2011
Decision Hailed for Protecting Workers Against Intimidation & Preserving Basic Democratic Rights Cesar Chavez Himself Valued in the Workplace

Climate Change Altering Global Fruit And Nut Industry - Science News - redOrbit
www.redorbit.com | May 31, 2011
Researchers sat that climate change is expected to alter the global industry in fruits and nuts dramatically as tree crops like pistachios and cherries struggle in the rising temperatures.

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Reports Continue | Soybeans content from Corn and Soybean Digest
cornandsoybeandigest.com | Apr 22, 2011
< p > Reports of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) continue to make headlines throughout Illinois. After the first confirmation of this invasive insect was reported in fall 2010 in Cook County, additional reports have continued in 2011 in northeastern Illinois as well as Kane, McLean and

Olive insects are a hot topic | late, olive, california - Recorderonline.com
www.recorderonline.com | Mar 29, 2011
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Spray horticultural oils now to reduce insects, diseases - Spokesman.com - March 17, 2011
www.spokesman.com | Mar 17, 2011
Over the past two weeks we have been talking about pruning ornamental and fruit bearing shrubs and trees. The last step in getting them ready for spring is applying horticultural oil to reduce the later occurrence of some insects and diseases. Horticultural oils used to be called “dormant oils” in

California secretary praises agriculture’s strengths | The Packer
thepacker.com | Mar 15, 2011
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — New California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross admitted the state’s budget is a problem, but ag should be part of the solution.