…flowering habitat for bees and other pollinators. The President’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal provides $71 million for pollinator health activities through multiple USDA agencies. This includes an increase of…
USDA Announces First HLB Funding Allocations, Appointments to Citrus Disease Subcommittee
…Keck. WASHINGTON, May 13, 2014– United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $1.5 million in funding to expand bio-control efforts to fight Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as…
2014 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural Lands Due June 6
…ACEP, created through the 2014 Farm Bill, provides funding for conservation easements on agricultural land, including grasslands of special environmental significance. “This is an exciting new opportunity for more people…
Citrus Industry This Week: Citrus Funding Updates
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes information on what citrus research projects are being funded and who is helping decide how to spend the money. Want…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…on a rolling basis during the fiscal year. Applications received after May 19, 2014, will be considered for funding if funding remains available. Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC): On…
White House Report on Immigration Reform
…state’s $33.9 billion industry. President of the United Farm Workers Arturo Rodriguez says state lawmakers need to all be on the same page. Arturo Rodriguez on immigration reform For more…
USDA Announces Effort to Cut Energy Costs for Farmers, Ranchers, Rural Small Businesses
…that USDA is seeking applications from rural small businesses and agricultural producers for funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable energy systems. “Developing renewable energy presents an…
Market Round-up for Corn, Cattle, Hogs and Milk
…2014 futures ended in negative numbers with nearby May down .10 at 27.75 and June down .27 at 21.55. The only gains recorded Friday were Feb. and March 2015. Both…
Funding For California Citrus Research Project
Funding from the USDA is headed to California for a research project to help fight the Asian citrus psyllid. Sabrina Hill has more. Bio-control funding The project is the use…
Full Interview: California Citrus Research Project Gets Funding
Ken Keck, CRB Funding from the USDA is headed to California for a research project to help fight the Asian citrus psyllid. The project is the use of a bio-control…
USDA Announces Additional Support for Small and Midsized Farmers and Ranchers
…USDA tools and resources available to small and mid-sized farmers, including information about today’s announcement, is available on USDA’s Small and Mid-Sized Farmer Resources webpage. Efforts announced by the Secretary…
Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions
…2015; and WHEREAS additional expedited actions are needed to reduce the harmful impacts from the drought as the state heads into several months of typically dry conditions; and WHEREAS the…
Additional Public Meeting Scheduled to Discuss CDFA’s New Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
…water conservation practices throughout the state. The funding will be used to establish the CDFA Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program, a grant program to increase water conservation through efficiencies and…
Web Tool Simplifies Record Keeping
CropManage is a web-based tool made by the UC Extension that allows growers to input application techniques and export them into useful data for the future. Added funding has allowed…
