USDA April Citrus Crop Forecast Has Changes in Grapefruit and Lemons Mark Hudson, USDA/NASS delivered the April citrus crop forecast from Washington D.C.. The California Valencia orange forecast is 10.5…
USDA Expands Safety-Net for Dairy Operations
…price of milk and feed costs – falls below levels of protection selected by the applicant. “This change not only helps to strengthen a family dairy operation, it also helps…
Climate Change Bill Moves Forward
Bill supporting farmers’ efforts to combat climate change moves forward Unanimous, bipartisan support for Wolk climate change measure Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) Legislation by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) to support…
Near Normal Snowpack in Most of the West
…is one of several ways USDA works to improve public awareness and manage the impacts of climate change, including drought and other extreme weather events. Through the National Drought Resilience…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…are increasing as a result of climate change; Atmospheric changes in air pollution chemistry that are occurring due to climate change; Potential consequences of increased levels of dust from particle…
Climate Change a Good Thing for Wine?
Scientists are learning that climate change may actually be producing better wine. Cathy Isom tells us how climate change could be a good thing for wine lovers. That’s coming up…
Treatments to Begin for the Japanese Beetle
…the U.S. however, a favorable climate, large areas of permanent turf for reproduction, and ineffectual natural enemies favor increased population densities. It is considered a serious pest of turf, and…
National Beer Day
…find a place to settle where the farmland would be rich and the climate congenial. Instead, they found themselves struggling with the stony soil and harsh winters of New England…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…resulted user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries that are combating childhood obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic growth, controlling water availability, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and…
Aquaculture Research
…growth, controlling water availability, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts,…
The Science of Soil Health
…volume is void space, or pore space, and 5. Soils can and do change with management. Soil is a living and life-giving natural resource. As world population and food production…
Funding for Veterinary Loan Repayment
…obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about…
Agri View: El Niño
…Since El Niño changes the circulation of the atmosphere all around the world, it essentially changes where we expect rain to fall by steering storms to different locations. Temperature operates…
Secretary Ross in Vietnam
Secretary Ross discusses trade and climate change in Vietnam CDFA Secretary Karen Ross CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is in Vietnam this week as part of a delegation of the Western…