The future of California agriculture could be at stake if the Governor follows through with eliminating the Agriculture Education Incentive Grant. Brown approved continued funding for the program with hesitation…
2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Workshops
…provided. Funding for the 2014 SCBGP is contingent upon passage of a Farm Bill and availability of funding from the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA, AMS)….
NASS Announces Changes to November Crop Production Report
…be included in the 2013 Annual Crop Production report scheduled for release in January 2014. NASS cancelled the October Crop Production report due to the lapse in federal funding and…
USDA Announces Cancellation and Postponement of Selected Reports Impacted by the Lapse in Federal Funding
…impacted by the lapse in federal funding. NASS’s Crop Production and Cotton Ginnings reports and the WAOB’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) scheduled for October 11th are canceled….
Statement by Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation President, On Farm Bill Expiration
…process in order, get our national economy back on track and move forward on legislation important to agriculture, such as the farm bill, immigration and tax reform and waterways funding.”…
California Leads Nation in Specialty Crop Funding
The United States Department of Agriculture announced funding today for the 2013 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio Report California…
Dairy Digester Projects Sought
…joined together to create the California/Federal Dairy Digester Working Group. That is the group now asking for the digester project proposals. Individual digester projects will have to qualify for funding…
Judge Says Water Right Fee is Invalid
…the fee bear a disproportionate burden of funding the water board’s Division of Water Rights. Judge Cadei agreed, noting that “no fees are assessed against the holders of approximately 38…
California Water Research Projects
Could it be the answer to drought conditions? Several California programs are among nine research projects with new funding to look into desalination and water purification. Sabrina Hill has more….
Desalination, Water Purification Research Projects Funded
…in awards in support of laboratory and pilot scale research studies in the field of water desalination and purification. Through required cost shares of up to 75%, Reclamation’s funding will…
DWR Announces Groundwater Assistance Grants
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded more than $4.7 million in grants to 26 public agencies from the Local Groundwater Assistance Program. Grant funding is provided by Proposition…
Funding for Fairs to be Discussed
…CDFA Secretary Karen Ross calls California’s fairs “an integral part of this state’s agricultural heritage.” However, in 2011, funding for California’s fairs was eliminated as part of the state’s budgetary…
Costa: House Fails Rural America and Consumers
…years to prevent the introduction and spread of plant pests and diseases. Maintains level funding ($1.75 billion) for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) that assists farmers with upgrades that…
Field Day for Cotton Growers
…that works with cotton, almond, and alfalfa growers in Fresno, Madera and Merced counties,” she said. “Our funding is through the State Water Resources Control Board. So we are working…