Don Curlee is an agricultural writer based in Clovis. E-mail him at agwriter1@sbcglobal.net.
Ag at Large
Happy cows mask harried dairy owners
Comments | RecommendCalifornia cows are famously happy. California dairymen are not. While both have cooperated to produce record volumes of milk, the law of supply and demand and an excessive and oppressive regulatory climate have caught up to them....
Sheep may be Weed Eater among grapes
Comments | RecommendIt might be a trademark infringement to apply the Weed Eater name to sheep, but it describes accurately a herd trained by the folks at the University of California's Research and Extension Center in Hopland, south of Ukiah....
Dow, duPont brew up new goods for ag
Comments | RecommendFarmers and their friends who supply agricultural chemicals are always on the lookout for compounds that are safer and more effective. It looks like at least two new pesticides to fill the bill will be available this year....
Raisin industry has always been 'green'
Comments | RecommendThat amorphous term "sustainable agriculture" received a down-home practical spin from the president of Sun-Maid Growers when he spoke to the group's annual meeting in Fresno in December....
Kern sludge site is not all honey
Comments | RecommendYou expect a business operating as Honeybucket Farms to produce sweet results. But the 3-4,000-acre enterprise in remote western Kern County has instead stirred up a sour reaction and more controversy than a warthog at a wedding....
