UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program

Look for more specialty crop information in the Small Farm Program's Specialty and Minor Crops Handbook - Second Edition Capers are native to the Mediterranean area and the tropics. The plant, a deciduous dicot, has a very deep root system, grows about two feet tall and has vines 7 to 10 feet long.

by Desmond Jolly, extension economist, UC Davis, and director, Small Farm Program Increasing levels of concentration in the agricultural industry have led to growing concerns about the impacts of agricultural and economic policies on structural change in the food and agricultural systems.

By Jeannette Warnert, University of California public information representative Capay Valley Organic Farmer is Pioneer Agriculturist of 1999 Farmers Dru Rivers and Paul Muller Receive Outstanding Farmers Award Tulare County Farm Advisor Manuel Jimenez Named Outstanding Educator UC Small Farm Progra...

Excerpted from a presentation by dairy farmer James Vincent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 12, 1999.

The Organic Vegetable Production in California Series, a set of five web site publications from the University of California, is available free from the Small Farm Program web site at /research/organic.html.

by L.J. (Bees) Butler, University of California Cooperative Extension specialist Bovine somatotropin is a naturally occurring (peptide) hormone produced in the pituitary gland of cows. It was discovered in the 1920s, and originally called bovine growth hormone or BGH.

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Table 5. HOURLY EQUIPMENT COSTS TO PRODUCE OKRA Coachella Valley-1995/1996 COSTS PER HOUR Non-Cash Overhead Cash Overhead Operating Actual Hours Used Depreciation Interest Insurance Taxes Repairs Fuel & Lube Total Oper. Total Costs/Hour 95 60 HP 2WD Tractor 192.5 6.49 1.77 0.34 0.48 1.67 2.91 4.

2005 $15 plus tax, shipping, and handling. Also available as a free download: Management Skills This volume is divided into three sections. The first introduces you to the roles and responsibilities of the manager. The second is dedicated to relationship-building.

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