Everett Griner talks about FFA drone regulations forthcoming in today’s Agri View. Drone Problems…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
West-wide snowpack is melting earlier than usual, according to data from the fourth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). “Almost all of…
USDA Citrus Crop Forecast Has California All Oranges at 50 Million Boxes
…Citrus April Forecast Maturity Test Results and Fruit Size form. The May 2015 citrus crop forecast is scheduled to be Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. pacific time and…
Dairy Digester Research and Development Program Accepting Proposals for Research
…are invited to submit grant proposals electronically to grants@cdfa.ca.gov no later than Friday, May 15, 2015 at 5 pm PDT. Applicants can access the 2015 Request for Research Proposals at…
Deadline Approaching for Additional Dairy Proposals
…on the matter. For more on the call for additional proposals, visit the AMS website. For more on the USDA meetings, visit this page on the Western United Dairymen website….
USDA Designates Del Norte County as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
…Curry and Josephine counties in Oregon also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous. All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas on April 8, 2015,…
2015 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural lands and Wetlands Due May 15
…before May 15, 2015. ACEP, created in the 2014 Farm Bill, replaced the former Wetlands Reserve Program, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, and Grassland Reserve Program, while accomplishing many…
Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Scholarship Applications Due April 24
…school counselors and FFA advisors. 2015 applications must be postmarked or returned – no electronic submissions – to the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau office on or before 5:00 PM, Friday, April…
Petal Fall Districts for Fresno County
Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, Les Wright, announced that 75 percent petal fall on the north side of citrus trees will have taken place at 1:00 a.m. April 7, 2015 in…
Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Approximately $23 Million Available for Citrus Greening Research
…that include a Stakeholder Relevance Statement are due on June 1, 2015. Applicants who are invited to submit full applications based on an industry relevancy review of the pre-applications will…
Leaders say Regulations Handcuffing Citrus Industry
…the 2015 California Citrus Mutual Showcase, President Joel Nelson said the citrus industry is frustrated with increasing DPR regulations. Nelson said they are also frustrated with the timetable on newly…
USDA to Provide $332 Million to Protect and Restore Agricultural Working Lands, Grasslands and Wetlands
…enrolling in 30-year contracts. ACEP applications may be submitted at any time to NRCS; however, applications for the current funding round must be submitted on or before May 15, 2015….
California Prospective Plantings for 2015
…cotton in 2015, down 21 percent from the acreage seeded in 2014. In addition, growers were expecting to seed 110 thousand acres of American Pima cotton in 2015, down 29…
Atwater FFA Has Banner Results MJC Agriculture Field Day
The Atwater High School FFA joined nearly 1700 California high school agriculture students at the 62nd annual Modesto Junior College FFA Field on Saturday, March 28th. The contest involves high…
