CDFA Announces 129 Projects Totaling $16 Million for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has selected 129 projects totaling $16 …
Dairy Groups Thank Senators
Dairy Groups Thank Senators for Urging Action on Agricultural Issues in Trade Agreement with Europe The dairy industry today praised a bipartisan group of 26 senators for urging U.S. negotiators …
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
Trans-Pacific Partnership: New Opportunities for U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam Secretary Vilsack traveled to Vietnam to meet with his counterparts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry …
Paris Climate Agreement Signed
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Signing of the Paris Climate Agreement Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement on the signing of the Paris Climate …
U.C. Berkeley Recognized
U.C. Berkeley Recognized in U.S. EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of its fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a design competition created to engage …
Former Los Angeles Mayor to Speak at Water Technology Conference
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 …
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 …
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 …