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Significant increases in high-quality forage result from planting Rhizobiurn-inoculated clover seeds and fertilizing with phosphorus and sulfur. As authors of this and the following article report, this intensive management of land for grazing lambs pays dividends by producing greater numbers of high-grade, low-fat spring lambs. (Cover photo by E. M. Roth)

Improved forage growth and quality nearly double gross profits of lamb production.

Cane- and spur-pruned vines produced comparable yields but were outyielded by “machine”-pruned vines.

The new biotype discovered in Napa and Sonoma counties poses some risk to vineyards on AxR-1 rootstock.

With the right lighting, picking can be as efficient at night as in the daytime, and cooling energy use is reduced.

Women are participating more actively in farming, largely when other sources of labor are unavailable.

New plants are most sensitive to damage at emergence, but only if most of the first leaf (cotyledon) area is lost.

In taste-tests, consumers preferred navel oranges with higher sugar-to-acid ratios than were common early in the season.

A prototype laboratory test model showed the system is feasible and could lead to large savings for egg-processing plants.