…activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Western snow pack less than needed Saving bees and other pollinators Expanding trade for American farmers. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/u… http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/06/18/its… http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/main.htm http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/u……
USDA Announces Landmark Commitment to Improve Sage-Grouse Habitat
…conservation practices and policy changes agreed upon by the Bi-State Local Area Working Group in its action plan. The announcement comes at the conclusion of an extended public comment period…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expands
…and Mississippi have detected the pest but not the disease. Maps of the proposed boundary can be found at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/go/acp-quarantine#maps Residents in the area who think they may have seen…
Petition for Class 4a Hearing Received
…Department received a petition from California Dairies Inc. on June 17, 2014 proposing changes to the Class 4a pricing formula. The petition is posted on the hearing matrix at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy/uploader/postings/petitions/…
Vilsack Message: Local Markets, Local Growth
…work directly with local communities to develop comprehensive strategies that use local food systems to meet a variety of needs. Local Food, Local Places will put communities in a strong…
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 13
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For morer information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/us… http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/.. http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
…Cooperative Extension Service projects to combat Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly known as citrus greening disease. The funding comes from the 2014 Farm Bill. USDA allocated another $6.5 million, for a total…
California Wheat Farmer Installed as USW Chairman
…producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding provided by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. For more information, visit www.uswheat.org or contact your state wheat commission….
Pacific Region Crop Production Report
…percent good to excellent. Dried Plum (Prunes) – The 2014 California dried plum (prune) crop is forecast at 95,000 tons, up 12 percent from the 85,000 tons produced in 2013….
Citrus Crop Forecast Has No Changes for California
…(.pdf) The final USDA/NASS Citrus Crop Forecast for this season is scheduled for Friday July 11, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. (PT) and will be carried “live” here on AgNet West.com….
Two CA Water Districts to Benefit from Grants
…Banking Program comes from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and will allow the Fresno Irrigation District to develop a new 60-acre groundwater recharge basin as part of the District’s Southwest…
Proposed Expansion of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary
…submit quarantine boundary appeals. If interested in receiving notifications, please sign up for regulatory updates through the email notification ListServ at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/subscriptions/index.html#planthealth. For questions regarding the regulations or map, please…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…An additional portion of Tulare County has been placed under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) following the detection of two psyllids in separate traps in an unincorporated area…
Funding Boost for Groundwater Banking Program
…overdraft in the region”, said Gary Serrato, General Manager of Fresno Irrigation District. More information on the funding can be found on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s website, here: http://www.usbr.gov/WaterSMART/weeg/docs/FY2014WaterSMARTWaterandEnergyEfficiency%20Grants.pdf…