…field. Ag/H2O Founder and Owner Jim Anshutz says he is seeing under-efficient systems that cost the grower in energy use, water waste and yield loss. For example in nut crops,…
USDA Selects 36 Energy Facilities to Accept Biomass Deliveries
…$25 million per year authorized for BCAP, up to 50 percent ($12.5 million) is available each year to assist biomass owners with the cost of delivery of agricultural or forest…
Help for Rural Californians Suffering Through Drought
…reported that the drought will cause losses of $880 million in crop revenue, $203 million in dairy and other livestock value and additional groundwater pumping costs of $454 million. The…
USDA Provides Aid to 73,000 Rural Californians Impacted by Drought
…$7.6 million to livestock producers through the cost-sharing Emergency Conservation Program. Invested $750,000 to reduce aquatic weeds clogging irrigation screens, pumps and canals in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River…
UC Davis Drought Study Assesses Current Losses and Potential Future Impacts
…losses of $1 billion and $0.5 billion in additional pumping costs). This net revenue loss is about 3 percent of the state’s total agricultural value. The total statewide economic cost…
USDA Video: USDA Week in Review July 11
…at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. – Repairing America’s Transportation Infrastructure – Trading Organics with Korea – And housing for farm labor workers. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/u… http://www.dot.gov/grow-america/fact-… http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/NOPTr… http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/mfh/de……
CHP Ag Vehicle Inspections for Yuba-Sutter Farmers and Ranchers
…inspection is for Ag trucks ONLY. Allows trucks to be prepared for the season with no costly down time. Weight of truck and drivers license will be confirmed for proper…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…the previous year. United States Farm Labor for April There were 688,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on the Nation’s farms and ranches during the week of April 6-12,…
Agri View: Child Labor
Everett Griner talks about child labor, and how far it should go in today’s Agri View. Child Labor…
USDA Announces Landmark Commitment to Improve Sage-Grouse Habitat
…focus resources on cost effective and efficient solutions that could avert the need to list the bi-state population as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. Today, the Bureau…
Floriculture Crop 2013 Summary
…19. A total of 4,525 operations hired workers during 2013. Overall, 75 percent of operations used some hired labor during 2013, unchanged from 2012. Floriculture Crop 2013 Summary (full report)…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
…is no cost to attend the workshops or webinar. Space is limited at each workshop location. Individuals planning to attend should email grants@cdfa.ca.gov with their contact information, number of seats…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…EWP provided $882,500 towards the $1.15 million cost, and $267,500 came from local sources. “We were happy to be in the right place at the right time to sponsor this…
California Wheat Farmer Installed as USW Chairman
…producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding provided by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. For more information, visit www.uswheat.org or contact your state wheat commission….