…conduct either aerial or ground treatment applications. Environmental factors such as wind and heat have interfered with planned treatment days, however, program personnel continue with treatment as needed. Due to…
Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins Sunday, June 15, 2014. “County committees…
Organizations Confirm Support for Biotech Wheat
…“ultimately offers the promise of improved products, more sustainable production and environmental benefits,” according to the statement. The groups also encourage the governments of wheat producing and importing countries to…
Costa Announces $6.3 Million in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants
…of Bakersfield. Minimizing seepage from the Calloway Canal will reduce the irrecoverable losses that result when high-quality surface water seeps to poor-quality groundwater and the degraded seepage cannot be recovered…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
…biosecurity practices. $2.4 million for diagnostic testing $1.5 million to National Animal Health Laboratory Network diagnostic laboratories for genomic sequencing for newly positive herds APHIS’ Federal Order requires producers, veterinarians,…
Modified-Live Virus Vaccines for Cattle
…MLV vaccine program – and their success has been very good. Dawson says MLV vaccines offer reproductive and fetal protection – which ensures cows get bred and stay pregnant. He…
More Water Users Receive Notices of Curtailment
…in abundance for the last couple of years,” said Chris Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation environmental attorney. “But, as painful as curtailment is for many family farmers, the state board…
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners committed to protecting and conserving environmentally sensitive land may now sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The…
Key Agriculture Componet Added to Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards
…information about ecosystem services may be found at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EcosystemServices.html Established in 1993, GEELA is administered by the California Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency; the Department…
AFBF on Future of Immigration Reform
Immigration reform is a top priority for the American Farm Bureau. AFBF ag labor specialist Kristi Boswell says Farm Bureau has been working very hard to see reform move forward…
2014 FSA County Committee Elections
…Agency (FSA) county committees is important to all farmers and ranchers, whether beginning or long-established or with large or small operations, because FSA county committees are a link between the…
Citrus Meeting to Focus on ACP Spread Prevention
…The meeting is scheduled for June 10 at the National Orange Show Events Center. Growers, pest control advisors, farm labor contractors and packinghouse representatives from San Bernardino and Riverside counties…
AFBF: EPA Greenhouse Gas Plan Harmful to Economy, Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2014—The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm…
