…greenhouse gas emission reductions: and, facilitate improved understanding of the scientific and technical aspects of dairy digesters to provide information about their economic feasibility, widespread implementation and environmental benefits. Applicants…
Western View: It’s Not 80%
…“developed” water. That number ignores water used for environmental purposes, and that’s half of all the water in the state. Environmental water is the amount of water allowed to flow…
Deadline Approaching for Additional Dairy Proposals
…on the matter. For more on the call for additional proposals, visit the AMS website. For more on the USDA meetings, visit this page on the Western United Dairymen website….
USDA Designates Del Norte County as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
…making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible…
ELAP and Honeybees
Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini explains the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish Program, and its benefits specifically to beekeepers. ELAP and Honeybees…
2015 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural lands and Wetlands Due May 15
…include cropland, rangeland, nonindustrial private forestland, pastureland, grasslands of special environmental significance and options focused on areas of high sage-grouse populations. Approved agricultural easements would prevent productive working lands from…
The Role of Soils in Capturing Water
How do soils, and the state of their health, play a key part in capturing water and preventing runoff, erosion and other environmental problems? The Role of Soils in Capturing…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…nine million acres of crops, farmers use about 40 percent of California’s available water, compared with 10 percent used in cities. The remaining half is categorized as environmental water. Farmers…
USDA to Issue Disaster Assistance to Help Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
Farm Bill Program Offers Producers Relief for 2014 Losses in more than 40 States The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency today announced that nearly 2,700 applicants will…
Governor’s Drought Task Force Discusses Emergency Actions
Following the announcements of the new mandatory statewide water reductions, the Governor’ drought task force briefed the media on the emergency actions. Listen to information directly from state agency leaders….
OpEd from Assemblyman Adam Gray on Water Restrictions
…southern California’s cities and fields. Statewide and national environmental groups have actually criticized the plan not because it takes too much water, but because it takes too little. They are…
Gov. Brown Directs First-Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
…use and habitat protection for endangered and threatened species; Simplifies the review and approval process for voluntary water transfers and emergency drinking water projects; and Directs state departments to provide…
USDA to Provide $332 Million to Protect and Restore Agricultural Working Lands, Grasslands and Wetlands
…also support environmental quality, historic preservation, wildlife habitat and protection of open space. American Indian tribes, state and local governments and non-governmental organizations that have farmland or grassland protection programs…
Kern County Agricultural Commissioner, Ruben J. Arroyo, Announces 75% Petal Fall
…there has been complete petal fall in the citrus grove. All citrus growers, pest control operators, and beekeepers are reminded that they must comply with the regulations covering bee protection….
