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If you’re farming one of the rootstocks considered standard just a decade ago, you may be missing out ― and not just on yields.

By Alfred I. Neugut | June 03, 2021 We discussed in last week’s article the potential use of autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for giving dramatically higher doses of chemotherapy than would normally be possible with conventional methods. This has been successfully utilized for hematologic malignancies, like leukemia. For most solid tumors, there is not good evidence to suggest that increasing the chemotherapy dose would matter, or improve survival. Theoretically, one would want to target an aggressive treatment like autologous BMT to a tumor where there was eviden...

Farm workers living in licensed housing facilities in the state found to be three times safer than workers living in local communities.

Wine Grape Grower Sued Over Smoke Taint Posted by David Eddy|May 25, 2021 A Lake County, CA, winery is suing a grape-growing company, claiming that grapes harvested during the wildfires last fall ruined nearly two dozen oak tanks and barrels. Advertisement The North Bay Business Journalreported this week that Langtry Farms LLC sued Hugh Reimers and one of Reimers’ companies, Torick Farms LLC, in Lake County Superior Court on May 3. The vintner alleges that Torick delivered grapes that were supposed to be free of “smoke taint” and those grapes supposedly damaged a number of tanks. At a...

Washington Growers Slam ‘Double Standard’ for Farm Workers Posted by David Eddy|May 24, 2021 Washington state’s leading agricultural groups say Gov. Jay Inslee has a double standard for farmers and their vaccinated workers following his recent announcement that fully vaccinated employees do not have to wear a mask or socially distance at work. Advertisement Contributing to the confusion, Gov. Inslee ignored a legal deadline which required him to inform the agricultural groups whether he would let stand a COVID-19 regulation that contradicts his new state reopening guidance for business...