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A relatively common plant virus, known to infect over 600 species of plants has been found for the first time in some Yuma area lettuce fields. The virus…
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Known as the lettuce capital of the world, Yuma County continues to produce and harvest the crop despite cases of the coronavirus on the rise and…
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Salvador Lopez has worked at JV Smith Companies, a Yuma produce company, for more than two decades. At age 61, the Somerton resident's job as a rig…
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Federal officials say the e-coli outbreak that led to the deaths of five people and sickened hundreds more is over. But the U.S. Food and Drug…
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197 people in 35 states have become sick due to contaminated romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma region. Of those, five people have died and 89 have been…
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In Yuma, Arizona, the Colorado River is not what it was. For thousands of years, its raging water deposited rich soil in the delta, creating one of the…
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Dates—as in the fruit from the Middle East—grow surprisingly well in Yuma County, Arizona. And harvest has just wrapped up. For the Arizona Science Desk,…
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The Arizona Interagency Farmworkers Coalition Conference wrapped up Thursday with a farm tour for participants.KAWC’s Stephanie Sanchez has more.Over 40…
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Agriculture industry leaders will gather in Yuma at the Arizona Interagency Farmworkers Coalition conference this week.KAWC’s Stephanie Sanchez…
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Arizona Western College in Yuma recently hosted high-school students from around the city for an FFA conference. KAWC’s Maya Springhawk Robnett…
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Ten farmers and ranchers from around the country will spend the next two years learning how to share their trade with the general public, thanks to a…
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Efforts to protect the country's agricultural crops from pathogens and other threats requires some unusual practices. Maya Springhawk Robnett of the…