The Market Match program by the Ecology Center in Berkeley is hopeful additional funding will soon get approval. Sabrina Hill has more. Listen to the report here. Market Match is…
State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program Assistance Workshops
…the implementation of efficient irrigation systems to save water and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For a list of technical assistance workshops offered by recipients of this funding please visit www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/sweep/….
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…Illumina, Inc.; NRGene in Israel and the United States; and Tel Aviv University in Israel. Funding for this project was provided by Genome Canada, Genome Prairie, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture,…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants increase their purchases of fruits and vegetables. The funding comes from the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill…
WAPA Urges Funding for Biomass Plants
In the wake of the shutdown of numerous biomass plants throughout the state, the Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA) sent a letter to the California State Senate and Assembly Budget…
Bayer Secures Funding for Monsanto Bid
Despite Monsanto rejecting a takeover bid by Bayer AG, reports say Bayer has secured $67 billion in financing for the proposal. Bayer reportedly picked five individual banks to each provide…
Assembly Approves Gray’s State Fairs Funding Bill
…annual funding for the fairs. Gray explains that “fairs have struggled to stay open since the state eliminated funding during the fiscal crisis.” He continues with explaining to us that…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…of Pennsylvania researchers are currently using funding to working to aid the pollination of plants by producing improved honey bee strains. Science funded by AFRI is vital to meeting food,…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…as well as water sources and rural communities. Shaun Crook, a timber operator and president of the Tuolumne County Farm Bureau, encouraged passage of the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule Would Wipe Out TPP Benefits
…riders in USDA’s annual funding bill to prevent it from finalizing the regulation. But no rider was included in USDA’s fiscal 2016 bill, and USDA earlier this year indicate it…
White House Threatens to Veto Energy and Water Bill
…In a statement issued through the Office of Management and Budget, the administration rejected what it called “highly problematic ideological provisions.” In particular, the administration wants more funding for the…
California Walnut Nursery Sales Report
…for providing the information. A special thanks is due to the California Walnut Board for providing funding and support for this special Walnut Nursery Sales Report survey. Results Combined sales…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule, TPP Could Affect Producers
…annual funding bill to prevent it from finalizing the regulation. But no rider was included in USDA’s fiscal 2016 bill. “We have grave concerns [the reproposed GIPSA Rule] will mirror…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…feasible that emerging genetic-engineering technologies will speed the rate of increase in yield, but this is not certain, so the committee recommended funding of diverse approaches for increasing and stabilizing…