…put in check the Environmental Protection Agency and its attempt to broaden the definition of “waters of the U.S.” “Tens of thousands of farmers, ranchers and land owners have spoken…
California Cuts Habitat Fix for Delta Project
…from 100,000 acres. Bonham said the amount of land targeted for environmental improvements was revised because there was “too much complexity” in the original 50-year plan, given the need to…
Unclear Where Drone Use Stands?
…trying to establish rules that commercial drone use would have to abide by. Many believe those rules won’t be ready anytime soon however, so many smaller ag data companies like…
Gov. Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
…Implement measures under existing agency and departmental authority to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. California’s Response to Climate Change In his inaugural address earlier this year, Governor Brown announced that within…
UC Davis Ranked Number 1 in World for Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
…College of Ag and Environmental Sciences founded in 1905 The UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences was founded in 1905 as the University of California’s University Farm. Today,…
California Leopold Conservation Award Seeks Nominees
…world and are trendsetters at maximizing the fullest potential of their land to produce food and other agricultural products with the least environmental impacts,” said California Farm Bureau Federation President…
From Over 100,000 to 1: Partners Band Together to Beat the European Grapevine Moth
…partners with the best science and data to combat EGVM. At a field day organized by the University of California Cooperative Extension (UC Coop) and the County of Napa, UC…
Top-Four Myths of the California Drought
…agriculture uses 41 percent of the applied water in California (California Water Plan 2013, Volume 1, page 3-35). Urban water uses total 10 percent and various environmental uses total 49…
USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture
…resource management. These efforts fit within USDA’s approach of “cooperative conservation.” Focused on multiple economic and environmental benefits: To be successful, the proposed actions should provide economic and environmental benefits…
Western View: Phenomenon in the Pacific
…due to a lack of food sources. Unfortunately there’s no historical data around that we can use to understand this phenomenon, which makes it very hard to know what to…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…environmental and economic instabilities will cause mass migrations with incalculable consequences for developed and undeveloped nations alike. Developing nations must realize that environmental damage is one of the gravest threats…
Voluntary Conservation Effort to Clear California San Joaquin Valley Air Gets a Thumbs Up from Regulators
…the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Earlier this month, EPA published a revision to California’s State Implementation Plan that for the first time credits these producer actions from a regulatory…
Data Collection
Sabrina Hill gives us information today on a new panel working to develop farmer data collection recommendations on women and beginning farmers. Data Collection…
APHIS Completes Learning Modules on the Pest Permitting Process
…site Pest Permitting Learning Modules page and is self-paced with optional audio reading of the text. These modules are designed to inform you of Federal policies, processes, and procedures. The…
