…Inc., Columbus, Ohio, $600,000 Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc., Dayton, Ohio, 599,640 VRM Labs Inc., Easley, South Carolina, $600,000 Stony Creek Colors Inc., Goodlettsville, Tennessee, $599,828 Nutrient Recovery and Upcycling LLC,…
USDA Invests in 48 Projects in Local Watersheds
…aquatic habitat in that stretch of the creek. Deckers Creek flows through populated areas of Morgantown. A full list of projects is available here. Since 1947, the Watershed Protection and…
EPA Administrator Asks Cattlemen to Submit WOTUS Comments
…a Water of the United States as being a puddle, a dry creek bed, and ephemeral drainage ditches across this country, which created great uncertainty… and we are fixing that,…
Update: Landowner Settles Wetlands Case
…vineyard – and destroying federally protected vernal pools without a permit. The property borders a seasonal creek. “What the Corps is claiming is that all those vernal pools are federally…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…served the previous 20 years as a winemaker at B.R. Cohn Winery, Conn Creek Winery and Villa Mt. Eden Winery where he produced 25 to 30 wines annually that ranged…
Hampton Creek Pledges to Market Lab-grown Meat by 2019
A leader in the vegan food industry claims lab-grown meat will be on the market by the end of next year. Hampton Creek, the company behind vegan mayonnaise and cookie…
Texas, Kansas Suspend Trucking Restrictions for Wildfire Relief
…Colorado. There are many ways to help, including by contacting the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association and the Kansas Livestock Association. Last year, during the Anderson Creek…
New Board Appointees Will Join The Cotton Board
…“Matt” Farmer, Producer – Lamesa, TX; Lance V. Everett, Producer – Stony Creek, VA; Michael D. Wallace, Importer – Bentonville, AR; Peter M. McGrath, Importer – Addison, TX; and, Arlene…
Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board Appointments Named
…Sautter, Tiro, Ohio; Chuck R. Coffey, Springer, Okla.; Jean Lam, Pauls Valley, Okla.; Katharine Jackson, Myrtle Creek; Ore.; Jana L. Malot, Harrisonville, Pa.; Cory Eich, Canova, S.D.; Paul Moss, Cottage…
USDA Invests in Innovative Conservation Partnerships
…$10 million in the Black Rascal Creek Project, which is proposed by the partnership of Merced County, Merced Irrigation District, and City of Merced. The project will provide flood protection…
Improving Water Quality in High-Priority Watersheds
…watersheds in Texas contributed to positive results and improving trends in water quality in Chambers Creek. With continued conservation efforts, Chambers Creek will not be added to the State’s Clean…
The Western View: Escaping to Morro Bay
…sailors gave it its name – Morro is Spanish for nose. It was a popular area even before the Spanish came; the Chumash Indians built a settlement alongside the creek…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…Program personnel monitored the areas mapped as “potential fall treatment” for BLH populations and fall host plants in Firebaugh, Mendota, Huron, Five Points, Three Rocks, Cantua Creek, and Coalinga. Additional…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…use, and reduce pollutants. Whole Trees, LLC, developed a new market in construction for small-diameter round timber, a natural waste product of well-managed forests. Stony Creek Colors used a SBIR…