The growers plan to produce an additional 450,000 boxes of citrus to complement the 3.8 million boxes that they currently output, to take advantage in the downturn in production in traditional citrus growing areas of the United States. Jamaica's Citrus Growers Association (CGA), a co-operative of farmers, has a billion dollar plan to boost fruit production, but says its implementation is contingent on government's largesse. Department of Agriculture forecast that citrus production would...

He was referring to cotton plants that come up during the off season along the banks of irrigation canals, in ditches and on land that was not planted with any crops. Prices for both products are high. The small airplane sometimes sprays a field that has no apparent plants, but that is part of an ongoing program to eradicate the pesky boll weevil. The plane repeats this process over and over until it disappears into the horizon. So the corn that would have become livestock feed will end up...

Originally conceived as an emergency bailout for millions of farmers and the unemployed during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, the Farm Bill has snowballed into one of the most significant forces affecting food, farming and land use in the United States. This is one of those years, and the 2007 Farm Bill reauthorization is heating up to become the most scrutinized food and farm policy debate in recent history. Originally conceived as an emergency bailout for millions of farmers and the...

Blueberry production on the rise Popular and profitable, blueberries catch on with growers in Florida Kelly Griffith . Sentinel Staff Writer Posted April 30, 2007 BARTOW -- If pancakes and muffins are all there is to your blueberry experience, the best of Florida's current harvest could be passing you by. Blueberry production on the rise Popular and profitable, blueberries catch on with growers in Florida Kelly Griffith . Sentinel Staff Writer Posted April 30, 2007 BARTOW -- If pancakes...

For years, the federal Food and Drug Administration knew about contamination problems on California spinach farms and at a Georgia peanut butter processor that sickened at least 600 people and caused at least three deaths, according to agency documents and interviews obtained by the Washington Post. For years, the federal Food and Drug Administration knew about contamination problems on California spinach farms and at a Georgia peanut butter processor that sickened at least 600 people and...