…getting no deliveries for two consecutive years. No crops were planted on more than half a million acre-feet of California farmland last year. Collectively, the SWP Contractors serve approximately 25…
Nigiri Project Mixes Salmon and Rice Fields
…winter when crops are not grown. The experiment suggests that floodplains on farmland can also be thought of as “surrogate wetlands” that can be managed to mimic the Sacramento River…
US Chamber of Commerce Joins USDA in Push to Enlist Veterans in Agriculture
…meaningful employment when entering the civilian workforce. Since 2009, USDA has provided $466.8 million in farm loans to help more than 6,868 veterans purchase farmland, buy equipment, and make repairs…
State Water Project Allocation Boosted
…Collectively, the SWP Contractors serve approximately 25 million Californians and just under a million acres of irrigated farmland. It is important to note that nearly all areas served by the…
Agri View: Buy or Rent Farmland
Everett Griner talks about producers renting farmland increasing in today’s Agri View. Buy or Rent Farmland From Modern Farmer Rent or Buy? The Beginning Farmer’s Rock and Hard Place By…
David Davis Farmland 4 Sale
Cathy Isom tells us about farmland once belonging to a historical figure with ties to Abraham Lincoln going on the auction block. David Davis Farmland 4 Sale From Pantograph.com Land…
Farming Simulator
…environment designed with typical Eastern-European farmland in mind, adding hundreds of new acres to the already existing European and American maps from Farming Simulator 15. This new map is filled…
Cooperation Among Farmers Will Be Essential for Future, Farm Leader Says
…from their land, “they had lost one of the greatest assets they had had.” As a result, a significant amount of Australian farmland will be permanently fallowed. “It didn’t need…
Delta is Unstable on Many Fronts
…lifeline-irrigation for more than a million acres of farmland, water supply for 23 million residents, and critical habitat for migrating birds, two-thirds of the state’s salmon and many other aquatic…
Hands-on Help for New Producers
…Agriculture allocates money for grants through their Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program (BFRDP). American Farmland Trust Executive Director of Programs John Larson says they took advantage of that money…
USDA Announces $350 Million Available to Help Landowners
Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $350 million to help landowners protect and restore key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands across the nation. The funding is provided through…
Agri-Culture’s 19th Annual Progressive Dinner “Autumn in the Valley” Success
…The hors d’oeuvres were served at Land Trust of Santa Cruz County’s Watsonville Slough Farms – welcomed by Terry Corwin. Terry spoke about the Land Trust’s farmland conservation program. Dinner…
Map Identifies Farmland with Greatest Potential for Groundwater Recharge
Growers, researchers, policymakers and others can now pinpoint California’s most promising parcels of farmland to help replenish the state’s dwindling groundwater supplies, thanks to a new interactive map developed by…
Federal Pesticide Changes Mirror California Rules
…care, whether to protect a small home garden or rows of crops on commercial farmland,” Schlegel said. “Farm Bureau shares the agency’s desire to protect workers, but we are concerned…