The farmer-consumer link in agricultural research

Also in this issue:

Long-range dispersal of pink bollworm into the San Joaquin Valley

Utilizing irrigated pasture for beef heifers to be bred as yearlings

Ethephon hastens maturation of Thompson Seedless raisin grapes

Energy supplies for milking parlors

Silvicultural treatments to reduce losses to bark beetle

Rumensin benefits new feedlot calves

Big vein disease of lettuce in Imperial Valley

Users place high value on federal-state market news

Thinning methods influence celery-stalk size

Research in progress

Aging of wines and other spiritous products, acceleration by physical treatments