…and Natural Resources, the Energy Department’s Joint Genome Institute and that agency’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on the five-year project, called Epigenetic Control of Drought Response in Sorghum, or EPICON….
CDFA Funds $9.38 Million to Assist Farmers in Drought
…the CDFA Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation, which obtains its authority for such incentive programs through the Environmental Farming Act of 1995. The act mandates the department to establish…
USDA Funds New Pilot Project
The Almond Board of California (ABC) will join with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and other partners in carrying out a new USDA-funded pilot project designed to give both almond…
Groups Mobilize Aid in the Wake of Big Wildfires
…wildfire disasters—the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, in particular, as well the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. USDA officials said arrangements have been made with a ranch on the perimeter of the…
USDA Extends Dairy Margin Protection Program Deadline
…protections offered by this program, because despite the very best forecasts, markets can change.” Vilsack encouraged producers to use the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Agency Service (FSA) online Web…
Sage Grouse Stays off Endangered Species List
…ranchers across the West and the states’ efforts, not due to the Environmental Impact Statements, which have yet to even be implemented.” In early 2014, PLC and NCBA filed detailed…
USDA Commits $2.5 Million to Expand New Farmer Education
…Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency programs that can provide financial, disaster or technical assistance to the agricultural community. She spoke with AgNet West before the official announcement Tuesday…
California’s FREP/WPHA Conference Comes to Seaside November 5-6, 2015
…those materials in consideration of existing environmental issues. The content is geared toward a wide range of agriculturalists, including agricultural supply and service consultants, growers, university extension specialists, certified crop…
American Agri-Women Finishing Drive Across America as Part of 40th Anniversary Celebration
…of American agriculture, from my own potato fields in Maine to the heartland’s corn, wheat and soybean fields and livestock pastures to the orchards, vineyards and vegetable fields of the…
Commentary: FDA Overreaches with New Food-Safety Regulations
…approach. For example, the proposed water standard in the rule for growing and harvesting produce was based on an Environmental Protection Agency recreational water standard, yet FDA failed to make…
Water Cuts Threaten Rice Field Bird Habitat
…supply is unknown. Other irrigation districts and water users have had their water diversions curtailed. In other areas, there is groundwater, but pumping water is expensive and so far agency…
State Legislative Session Ends in Flurry of Votes
…Rich Matteis. “Some bills will help agriculture, and business generally, by not winning approval.” Two environmental bills—Senate Bills 32 and 350—received mixed outcomes last week, said Cynthia Cory, CFBF environmental…
Sales from US Organic Farms up 72 Percent
…NASS in conjunction with USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) to provide objective information to serve the organic industry. Survey results are available at www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/Organic_Survey/ or the Quick Stats database at…
FSA Offers Help for CA Farmers, Ranchers Affected by Fires
The USDA Farm Service Agency has programs that can help California farmers and ranchers affected by wildfires. Sabrina Hill talks with FSA Administrator Val Dolcini. Full interview, Val Dolcini on…
