Former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be the featured speaker at the Water Technology Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 12, at the Veterans Memorial Building …
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
By: Sen. Pat Roberts & Rep. Michael Conaway “We’ve all heard it said: farmers are the original environmentalists. We say that because American farmers and ranchers were taking care of …
LBAM Quarantine Boundary Change
LBAM Quarantine Boundary Change Santa Barbara County Grids 435 & 419 LBAM has been associated with many plants representing 290 genera (USDA 2008). These genera contain over 2000 species and …
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
State Water Project Allocations Increase as Storms Improve Conditions, but Drought Remains With runoff from spring storms boosting reservoir levels, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) increased its water delivery …
Farming from the Heart- Sheep Day
On April 9, a large group of Utah State University students made the four-hour trek from Logan, Utah up to Granger, Wyoming for the biannual event called Sheep Day, put …
Earth Day @ CDFA
Happy Earth Day from CDFA! This video provides a brief look at just a few of the programs and projects at the California Department of Food and Agriculture that help …
Earth Day Celebration!
Devoting special a day every year to helping the earth is a way to demonstrate how much we care about the future of our planet. In this the second part …
Agri View: Grand Champion
Everett Griner talks about the rewards, and tears, brought on by raising grand champion livestock in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentLet’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy …
The California Kitchen: Potato Colcannon
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing potato colcannon with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: Sponsored ContentLet’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef …
Warm And Wet – Western Winter And Western Water Year
What has happened weather wise out West this October through March is reflected by upcoming water supply levels for the region. Rod Bain reports. Sponsored ContentLet’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection …
Congress Echoes Ag Groups on TPP
Members of Congress Urge Obama Administration to Ensure Trans-Pacific Partnership Benefits are Not Undermined Key members of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a strong statement affirming the need for …
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
Pork Producers Participate In Washington Fly-In More than 130 pork producers from around the country wrapped up two days of lobbying lawmakers on important pork industry issues as part of …
Citrus Greening Research Funding
USDA Announces $22 Million Available for Research to Combat Citrus Greening The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $22 million in grants to help citrus producers …
Transitioning to Organic Certification
From: USDA by Betsy Rakola, USDA Organic Policy Advisor More and more farmers are entering the organic market. Just last year, the number of certified operations in the U.S. grew …