…Upon surveying the Kettleman Hills March 26th and 27th, the Program made arrangements to utilize two planes for more effective coverage since the vegetation was drying quickly. The Program split…
Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund
…growing capital availability in the underserved Midwest. “The RBIC program is a natural extension of our long term vision,” said Open Prairie partner and vice president Jason Wrone. “We live,…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
…Farm Bill, AFRI is the nation’s premier, peer-reviewed competitive grants program for fundamental and applied agricultural sciences. In the seven years since AFRI was established, the program has led to…
CA Farm Products to Food Banks
California agriculture contributes record amount of farm products to food banks The California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family program received a record 150 million pounds of donated produce…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
…years. The study for organic almonds takes into consideration growing conditions in the northern San Joaquin Valley and complying with the National Organic Program. This study is based on an…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…for equipment, working capital or other expenses. Food and Nutrition Service assistance to help urban farmers become authorized to accept SNAP, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefit cards….
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…have crop insurance, and cautioned that failure to report the information right away could jeopardize the crop insurance indemnity. Farmers who have Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage must…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…Combating Antibiotic Resistance, which USDA co-chairs. Specifically, this program priority promotes the development of sustainable and integrated food safety strategies that reduce public health risks along the entire food chain,…
NMPF Announces Staff Reorganization; Welcomes Two New Employees
…the FARM Program, with the support of two new staff members who will assume day-to-day management of the program and report to Meredith in her new role. The new hires…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…were mailed to all producers on record in April. The deadline for completing the survey is tomorrow, April 30, 2016. If you need assistance estimating your avocado crop, visit CAC’s…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…quality, bringing them greater returns. That’s why we’ve added this type of equipment as a new category for our Farm Storage Facility Loan program.” The program also offers a new…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…local communities and the environment, ABC’s Accelerated Innovation Management (AIM) program has increased focus on the development and deployment of innovative almond farming practices. Together with ABC’s traditional research programs…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in a program funded in part by BETO. Since then, BETO has competitively awarded additional funding to Lygos through the Small Business Vouchers Pilot, an…
Benefits of SWEEP Program
…an encore presentation of the Growing California video, “Strawberry Fields…Forever,” a look at a grower utilizing SWEEP as well assistance from CDFA’s Fertilizer Research Education Program (FREP). Sakakihara Farms, strawberry…