…a few locations experienced short durations of cold temperatures requiring some form of frost protection.” In the San Joaquin Valley over 200,000 acres of citrus are farmed with the primary…
CDFA Accepting Concept Proposals for 2015 Fertilizer Research and Education Grants
…advances the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use of fertilizing materials. The 2015 Request for Proposals (RFP) includes several initiatives put forth by the department to help effectively manage nitrogen…
FSA Announces New Yield Data for Safety Net Calculations
U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini today offered farmers new information to update program payment yields that will help them better select protections offered by…
Citrus Industry This Week: Freeze Prediction and Protection
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes information to help growers prepare for a freeze. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe free and view the…
Help Available for Wildfire-Impacted Ranches and Private Forestland
…basis. The purpose of the Catastrophic Fire Recovery Initiative is to provide quick resource protection in areas burned by catastrophic fires in the past 18 months. Priority concerns include immediate…
More Protection for Specialty Crops
More protection is available for crops that traditionally have been ineligible for federal crop insurance. More Protection for Specialty Crops The new options under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance program…
USDA to Gauge Farmland Ownership and Farm Economics
…their questionnaires.” In addition to accurate data, NASS is strongly committed to confidentiality. Information provided by respondents is confidential by law. The agency safeguards the confidentiality of all responses, ensuring…
USDA Improves Forest Health by Harvesting Biomass for Energy
…to reduced fire, disease and insect threats while providing more biomass feedstock for advanced energy facilities.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency administered the program earlier this…
USDA Provides Greater Protection for Fruit, Vegetable and Other Specialty Crop Growers
…Program. To learn more, visit the Farm Service Agency (FSA) website at www.fsa.usda.gov/nap or contact your local FSA office at offices.usda.gov. The Farm Service Agency (FSA), which administers the program,…
USDA Seeks Public Comment on New Environmental Quality Incentives Program Rule
…contract to remain in place for one year after the last practice has been implemented, allowing practices to be scheduled through the tenth year of a contract; Includes an option…
Brown Administration Opposes Federal Drought Legislation
…storage, conservation, recycling, water transfers and other actions that will better enable the state to provide for the next generation of Californians. Many elements in the Water Action Plan were…
Secretary Ross Signs Landmark Agreement with Mexican Ministry of Agriculture to Enhance Trade
CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (second from left) at today’s signing with representatives of the Mexican agricultural agency SAGARPA and the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. (Photo courtesy of CDFA) From CFA…
California Among States Selected by USDA for Participation in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables
…of eight states to participate in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables, as directed by the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill….
USDA Joins Global Partners to Kick Off International Year of Soils in 2015
…the assembly today, on World Soil Day, about the importance of soil. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) – America’s agency for soil conservation, classification and studies – plans to…
