With thousands of Californians suffering devastating losses due to recent wildfires, CDFA is offering a web page with resources for recovery. Included is a program from the California Employment Development…
NAFTA Talks Turn to Agriculture, Dairy
…classification that lowered domestic prices for certain milk protein products to the minimum global price, was met with swift pushback, according to Politico. The proposal called a “five-page attack” on…
Preparing to Evacuate During Wildfire? These Checklists Can Help
…CAL FIRE has a checklist for evacuation online at http://www.readyforwildfire.org/Evacuation-Steps. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists contributed to the research behind the recommendations. A one-page checklist online at http://disastersafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IBHS-Wildfire-Last-Minute-Checklist.pdf, also…
NIFA Invests in Research to Help Boost Organic Farming, Ranching
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced grants to help farmers and ranchers grow and market high-quality organic food, fiber, and other products….
Sage Grouse Comment Period Announced
…for amending the 2015 plan amendments for the conservation of the greater sage grouse in 11 western states. The notice of intent comes on the heels of Department of Interior’s…
The Western View: Solve Fake News
…then set up a web page that is filled with ads from online ad networks. Therein lies the profit – it’s in the advertising sold by the big guys like…
Water Year 2017 Just Short of Record
…between 2012 and 2015 set a record for the driest consecutive four-year period in California history. Many of the hydrologic impacts of the extended period of dry conditions have been…
HungerU Displays the Role of Agriculture in Combatting Hunger
…towards agricultural advances, “I just think Extension is just this really valuable resource that we’re very fortunate to have here in the United States.” The 10-week tour that began at…
Water Board OKs Hike in Water Quality Fees
…to $0.069 per each acre-foot greater than 10 acre-feet. The board also adopted a fee of $750 for small irrigation use registrations for cannabis and set the filing fee to…
Record Crop Value in Sacramento County
…44 percent from 2015. Another significant contribution to the overall value was nursery stock which experienced an increase of 29 percent from the year before. Valued at nearly $31 million,…
Organic Field Crop Production Numbers Rising
…value of organic field crop sales totaled up to more than $762 million in 2016, more than $100 million dollars higher than in 2015. Organic corn had the most acres…
NMPF Supports Effort to Bring Clarity to EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Regulation
…process behind the controversial 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. NMPF provided comments today to EPA in support of rescinding the 2015 rule so the agency can initiate a…
2016 Sales of U.S. Certified Organic Agricultural Production Up
…up 23 percent from $6.2 billion in 2015. During the same year, the number of certified organic farms in the country increased 11 percent to 14,217, and the number of…
California Dairy Production Increases from Last Year
…pounds produced. That’s nearly a 10 percent increase from last year and more than 9 percent compared to June. Nationally, cheddar cheese production fell by 0.3 percent year to year….
