…Davis from Porter Creek Vineyards will also be serving on the ATAC for Trade in Processed Foods. The advisory committee system was established by Congress in 1974 and it is…
2019 Wine Industry Awards Announced
…Pinot Noir. While making contributions to the industry, she was also making stellar wines for numerous producers including Matanzas Creek, which rose to national acclaim. In 2006, she launched the…
California Ginner Selected for NCGA Award
This years recipient of the National Cotton Ginners Association Horace Hayden Ginner of the Year Award goes to California’s own Kirk Gilkey who is the Manager of the Cross Creek…
USDA Invests in $650,000 in Local Watershed Project to Protect Communities and Vital Infrastructure
USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest $650,000 in a new California project that aims to develop a watershed work plan in the Lower Deer Creek Watershed in Tulare…
Secretary Perdue Rings the Closing Bell at NYSE
…CA Jason Detzel Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Cornell University Logan Woolsey 4-H Member/farmer Briar Creek Farm, NY Isabel Harcourt- Ramon 4-H Member Ulster County, NY Tyler Francis Owner…
USDA Partners to Improve Water and Wastewater Infrastructure for Rural Americans
…this investment. The city of Swartz Creek, Mich., will use a $2.9 million loan and a $2.3 million grant to make improvements to its water system. A majority of the…
Poultry Facilities Recognized for Safety Performance
…Lodge, TN Dry Creek/TN Pedigree Complex – Hatchery Monticello, KY Strawberry Hill – Hatchery Pocomoke, MD – Hatchery Cleveland, GA – Hatchery Lafayette, TN – Hatchery Monticello, KY Kentucky Hatchery…
Under Secretary McKinney to Lead Japan Trade Mission
…Trading Co., Huntington Beach, Calif. Pacific Valley Foods, Bellevue, Wash. Pearl Crop, Inc., Stockton, Calif. Phelps Creek Vineyards, Hood River, Ore. Pure Steeps Beverage, LLC, Anaheim, Calif. Redwood Trading Group,…
Aquatic Organism Passage, Rail Car Bridge
…stream crossing. The project directly benefits 3.67 miles of salmonid habitat in Taylor Creek, a tributary to South Fork Salmon River, by removing a failed road crossing and installing a…
Clover Creek Bridge Crossing
…for which they have no winter access. During the fall, winter, and spring grazing seasons, Clover Creek water levels prevented passage for livestock management. The Clover Creek bridge project provides…
Sometimes Old Technology is the Best Solution
…simple and time-tested. Pearce Flournoy (left) with NRCS Engineer Tom Hill A project at Willow Creek Ranch, near Likely, Calif., is a good example. During the recent drought, rancher Pearce…
Fifth Crow Farm – An Ecosystem of Sustainability
…drainage and water quality; and a hoop house to extend the growing season. But the biggest undertaking has been pumping, piping, storing and irrigating with water from nearby Butano Creek—a…
Perdue Applauds Fire Funding Fix in Omnibus
…fire funding issue at a roundtable with USFS employees. Last month, Secretary Perdue discussed the 2017 wildfire season while touring damage from the Creek Fire, that ravaged Los Angeles County…
Medfly Quarantine in San Mateo County
…56 square miles. The northern border is San Vicente Creek with Lobitos Creek Road on the southern border. On the west, the quarantine area begins at the Pacific Ocean and…