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Describing Virulent Newcastle Disease

Dan April 8, 2019 Poultry

It appears the poultry disease Virulent Newcastle has shown up for the first time in Arizona. It has been detected in a pet chicken flock. The disease, which has already been a major issue in California, has now been detected in 3 states, with the other being Utah. Dr. Alan Huddleston with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service describes the basics …

Citrus Breeder: Growers Need to Think More Out of the Box
If cold-hardy citrus growers diversified their crops and not put all of their eggs in the satsuma basket, it would provide them a better chance at long-term sustainability. It would allow producers an opportunity to combat the negative national stigma concerning citrus juices, says Jude Grosser, a professor of plant cell genetics at the University […]
PIECES OF THE PAST: Growers Recall the Way It Used To Be
By Brenda Eubanks Burnette It’s hard to imagine how the early pioneers managed to grow, pick, pack and ship their fruit without the technological means we have today. In doing various oral history interviews this year, that point was really brought home to me. One grower recalled how irrigating his family’s grove meant moving the […]