http://westernfarmpress.com/ en-us This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/knSq0aUUle0/world-trade-1120 The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs. cotton Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:42:00 EST http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/world-trade-1120 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/nRPP8cqYoe0/maize-genome-1120 Scientists from the University of Arizona led by Arizona Genomics Institute director Rod Wing and from collaborating institutions have deciphered the complete genetic code of the maize plant for the first time. news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:38:00 EST http://westernfarmpress.com/news/maize-genome-1120 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/KKXxPYSVJ_E/scab-fungicide-resistance-1120 Almond Board-funded research being conducted by UC plant pathologist Dr. Jim Adaskaveg since 2006 demonstrates that the scab pathogen Cladosporium carpophilum has become resistant to strobilurin fungicides in orchards in the northern San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys with a history of high disease pressure and multiple sprays. tree-nut-crops Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:00 EST http://westernfarmpress.com/tree-nut-crops/scab-fungicide-resistance-1120 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/n7fYkAf_8hI/aba-ag-committee-1120 Curt Covington, senior vice president and credit risk manager of the Ag and Rural Banking Division of Bank of the West in Fresno, Calif., has been elected chairman of the American Bankers Association’s Agriculture and Rural Bankers Committee for the 2009-2010 association year. news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:00 EST http://westernfarmpress.com/news/aba-ag-committee-1120 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WesternFarmPress/~3/efYAP7yhdt4/pest-quarantines-1119 Two separate quarantines have been established in northern San Diego County; one each for Mediterranean fruit fly and Asian citrus psyllid infestations, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). citrus Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:13:00 EST http://westernfarmpress.com/citrus/pest-quarantines-1119