…new partnerships. The programs are intended to provide training support for the next generation of crop insurance agents, adjusters, and outreach educators for crop insurance opportunities. USDA’s Risk Management Agency…
Deadline Nearing to Apply for $63 Million in Conservation Funding Assistance
Agricultural producers still have an opportunity to apply for conservation funding assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Opportunities made possible through the farm bill include the Environmental Quality…
MSOB: Biological Control Having Positive Impact on Bagrada Bug Issues
…is made possible by Marrone Bio Innovations, leading the movement to environmentally sustainable farming practices through the discovery, development and sale of innovative biological products for crop protection, crop health…
Further Increases to Water Fees ‘Reprehensible’
…years running. It’s built-in now despite every effort we’ve made to try to reign those fees in.” Fees for the Waste Discharge Requirement Program have already increased by 15 percent…
Farm Groups Thankful for ‘Generational’ Debt Relief Assistance
…Act (IRA). Nearly $800 million has already been distributed to producers with direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). “Let’s be clear – this debt relief…
Farmers Can Now Make 2023 Crop Year Elections
…by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Producers have until March 15, 2023, to enroll in these two programs. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has started issuing payments totaling more…
VofV: Global Competition Requires Urgent Supply Chain Tech Innovation
…of finances. Yield Lab Asia Pacific invested in DiMuto to help farmers “do more with less” and adapt to a growing population and increasing environmental stresses. Finally, Gary and Claire…
Farmers, Ag Organizations Against EPA Proposal
More than 16,000 farmers and agricultural organizations recently united against EPA’s proposed revision to its 2020 atrazine registration review decision. The farmers and agricultural organizations representing corn, citrus, grain sorghum,…
Almond Update: Irrigation Technology Workshop Series Begins November 3
…the ABC event page. ABC Field Outreach and Education Specialist, Michael Roots said the series will be held in multiple areas of California to offer a variety of growers an…
Dairy Margin Coverage Signups Open Through December 9
…tool to determine the appropriate level of coverage for their operation. “Dairy producers are the backbone of many agricultural communities across rural America,” Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux…
MSOB: Biologicals Have an Opportunity in Between Organic and Traditional
…Biologicals is made possible by Marrone Bio Innovations, leading the movement to environmentally sustainable farming practices through the discovery, development and sale of innovative biological products for crop protection, crop…
USDA Providing Relief to Qualified Borrowers Struggling to Make Payments
…to expedite assistance to distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) whose operations face financial risk. USDA: “Work already started” USDA says work…
‘Bad Precedent’ in Allowing Bumblebee Species to be Considered Fish
…Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA), Roger Isom said the decision could set “a bad precedent.” Allowing bumblebees and other insects to be considered for protection under CESA leaves several questions…
Almond Update: One-Stop Shop for Incentive Program Information at TAC
…and the Farm Service Agency will all be on-hand in the same location. Representatives from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and…
