…negotiated by the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Canada and Mexico. NCBA encourages the U.S. to push for full and free market…
First USDA Forecast Shows Normal Water Supply Forecast for Much of the West
…normal, according to data from the first 2015 forecast of USDA’s National Water and Climate Center (NWCC). California, Arizona and New Mexico as well as parts of Colorado, Utah and…
CDFA Accepting Concept Proposals for 2015 Fertilizer Research and Education Grants
…are invited to submit two-page concept proposals to the FREP by Friday, January 16, 2015. Concepts submitted should be in line with at least one of the program’s identified priority…
USDA Seeks Public Comment on New Environmental Quality Incentives Program Rule
…final rules for USDA NRCS’s Farm Bill conservation programs, visit the EQIP Rule Page. For more information on technical and financial assistance available through EQIP, visit the EQIP Web page….
Secretary Ross Signs Landmark Agreement with Mexican Ministry of Agriculture to Enhance Trade
…$18 billion in food and agricultural exports. Mexico is California’s fifth largest export destination valued at $888 million. Over the last ten years, agricultural exports to Mexico have increased three-fold….
USDA Disaster Assistance to Help Thousands of Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
…information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill. To learn more about USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) disaster assistance programs, visit the FSA factsheet page at www.fsa.usda.gov/factsheets or contact your local FSA office at http://go.usa.gov/pYV3….
Bats Work the Night Shift in Pollination
…the southern parts of Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona. Throughout time, plants and mammals have shared a dependency on one another that is mutually beneficial. So naturally, these bats…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review October 31
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, helping the Gulf of Mexico, Chinese…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the psyllid in 1998 and he disease in 2005, and the two…
USDA Helps Deliver the Latest in Innovative Agricultural Methods to Small, Socially Disadvantaged Agricultural Producers
…personal and business record-keeping, business planning and marketing assistance. New Mexico Southwest Development Center, Inc. – $188,255 grant; To provide accounting and financial management training to socially disadvantaged producers, and…
All of Tulare County Added to Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine
…County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the psyllid in 1998 and the disease in 2005, and the…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…Los Angeles County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the psyllid in 1998 and the disease in 2005,…
USDA Video: What the Farm Bill Means for New Farmers
…for me? To learn about some of the key changes in the Farm Bill made for new farmers and ranchers, please visit the Agricultural Act of 2014:Highlights and Implications page….
CDFA Announces Vacancy on the Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Advisory Board
…the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Pest Control Branch, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California 95832, Attention: Patrick Akers. For additional information, visit the branch’s web page at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/ipc/curlytopvirus/ctv_hp.htm;…
