California’s dairy farmers have joined together with the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory at UC Davis–a joint venture with CDFA–to fund research through the California Dairy Research Foundation…
California Ag Leads the Nation in Funding for Specialty Crops
…food safety practices and minimize outbreaks of foodborne illness with proactive research. The 2015 SCBGP project abstracts are available at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Specialty_Crop_Competitiveness_Grants/pdfs/2015SCBGP_ProjectAbstracts.pdf For more information, see the program’s website at www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants….
UC Berkeley to Lead Study of Crop Drought Tolerance
…Science Program is funding this project through its Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Link to item at UC Berkeley web site By Sarah Yang from CDFA’s Planting Seeds blog…
Food and Agriculture Board to Discuss Land Subsidence, Groundwater Management
…2:30 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 ‘N’ Street – Main Auditorium, Sacramento, CA 95814. The meeting will also stream online at:http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/LiveMediaStream.html “The current drought has…
CDFA Funds $9.38 Million to Assist Farmers in Drought
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has selected 100 projects totaling $9.38 million from the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) to implement on-farm water irrigation systems…
Fresno County Detects A Single Male Peach Fruit Fly
…the eradication of this potentially devastating pest. In 2006, Fresno County successfully eradicated a Peach Fruit Fly infestation. For more information on this pest, please visit CDFA’s website at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pdep/target_pest_disease_profiles/peach_ff_profile.html….
California’s FREP/WPHA Conference Comes to Seaside November 5-6, 2015
…see the approved CEUs, please visit the conference website: http://cdfa.ca.gov/go/FREP. For more information about the 2015 conference or the CDFA’s FREP, please contact program staff at frep@cdfa.ca.gov or (916) 900-5022….
CDFA Seeks Public Comments on New Program Priorities of the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…(Comments from specialty crop stakeholders are strongly encouraged.) The input received will be published, unedited, on the CDFA SCBGP website, www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants, and considered when developing final program priorities for 2016….
CDFA Seeks Public Comments On New Program Priorities
…(Comments from specialty crop stakeholders are strongly encouraged.) The input received will be published, unedited, on the CDFA SCBGP website, www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants, and considered when developing final program priorities for 2016….
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine in Portions of L. A. County
…the quarantine map may be found here: www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/go/offq. “Late summer and fall are ‘fruit fly season’ in California,” said California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. “These pests like Southern California for…
Detector Dogs Do it Again!
The California Dog Teams, CDFA’s squad of pest-detection dogs and their handlers, have enjoyed a great deal of success over the years sniffing-out invasive species at parcel delivery facilities and…
Proposed New Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary – Ventura County
…for regulatory updates through the email notification ListServ at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/subscriptions/index.html#planthealth. For questions regarding the regulations or map, please email Dayna Napolillo (dayna.napolillo@cdfa.ca.gov) or Keith Okasaki (keith.okasaki@cdfa.ca.gov) or call (916) 654-0312….
New West Nile Virus Detection in Horses
…on infected birds. Horses are a dead-end host and do not spread the virus to other horses or humans. For more information on west Nile virus, please visit CDFA’s web…
Conservation to be Discussed at Upcoming Meeting of the State Board of Food and Agriculture
…and direction for the agricultural community to complement ongoing efforts and practice environmental stewardship.” The California State Board of Food and Agriculture advises the governor and the CDFA secretary on…