Rod Bain The full Senate Appropriations Committee approved their version of the 2015 Fiscal Year funding for USDA and the Food and Drug Administration. Rod Bain has the report. Senate…
Passage of the Emergency Drought Relief Act
…and economic impacts of drought and restrictions imposed on operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project under the Endangered Species Act and other federal regulations. The fact…
Raisin Growth Due to Marketing Order
The federal marketing order in the raisin industry was enacted over 60 years ago and can call for growers to set aside a portion of their crop. When that reserve…
U.S. Forest Service Increases its Firefighting Aircraft Fleet as Fire Season Begins
…months before the end of the fiscal year. In its 2015 budget proposal, the Obama Administration proposed a special disaster relief cap adjustment for use when costs of fighting fires…
UC Davis Study Determines Preliminary Findings of Economic Impact of Drought in Central Valley
…Davis researchers used computer models and the latest estimates of State Water Project, federal Central Valley Project and local water deliveries and groundwater pumping capacities to forecast the economic effects…
Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant
…$40 million in combined mandatory and discretionary funds to advance efforts, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal partners, to respond to the decline in honey bee…
USDA Announces First HLB Funding Allocations, Appointments to Citrus Disease Subcommittee
…Secretary Vilsack created the HLB MAC Group last December to foster greater coordination among federal and state agencies in responding to citrus greening. The Group includes representatives from USDA’s Animal…
2014 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural Lands Due June 6
…visiting www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/programs. Since its inception in 1935, NRCS has worked in partnership with private landowners and a variety of local, state and federal conservation partners to deliver conservation based on…
USDA Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program Sign-Up Begins
…insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for all economically significant crops; Been physically located in a county that was declared a primary…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…April 30, 2014 the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Food and Drug Administration signed an MOU to improve food safety, fraud prevention, and inspection of catfish and catfish…
USDA Announces Effort to Cut Energy Costs for Farmers, Ranchers, Rural Small Businesses
…a project’s cost – either for stand-alone grant requests or for grants combined with loan guarantees. Since the start of the Obama Administration, REAP has supported more than 8,200 renewable…
USDA Announces Additional Support for Small and Midsized Farmers and Ranchers
…an Interagency Working Group to improve coordination of programs and services between federal agencies and national and local cooperatives through the RCDG program. USDA Certification for Small and Very Small…
Meeting to Focus on Future of CA Ag
…on agricultural issues and consumer needs. The state board conducts forums that bring together local, state and federal government officials, agricultural representative and citizens to discuss current issues of concern…
Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions
…Department of Water Resources for the benefit of fish and wildlife impacted by the drought. 8. The Department of Fish and Wildlife will work with other state and federal agencies…