Dicamba is now a restricted use pesticide, thanks to guidelines issued recently by the Environmental Protection Agency. The guidelines were reached through a deal between the Trump Administration and the…
USDA Strengthens Agricultural Sciences at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
…pathways workshops, leadership classes, and community outreach to its students. The program has facilitated 32 undergraduate summer internships and reached more than 1,500 high school and community college students at…
Seven Northern California Counties Affected by Wildfires to receive D-SNAP
…(http://www.cdss.ca.gov). USDA’sFNSS administers 15 nutrition assistance programs, including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Special…
SNAP Recipients Affected by Northern California Wildfires Receive USDA Relief
…home. USDA’s actions will provide alternative options for immediate food access. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service administers 15 nutrition assistance programs, including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs,…
California Produce Getting Legislative Support
…The only exceptions to the law are public universities and colleges. School districts will fall under the mandate, but California bids would only have to be accepted if they do…
Weed Scientist Has Doubts Over Dicamba Restrictions Effectiveness
…dicamba as restricted use, limit spray times and required wind conditions, along with requiring detailed record keeping of dicamba use. Under the requirements, certified pesticide applicators, or people under their…
EPA Announced Dicamba Label Changes
The Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced new restrictions for dicamba-based herbicides, classifying dicamba as a restricted-use product. The EPA said that only certified pesticide applicators, or people under their supervision,…
Almond Board: CAPCA Meeting
…education requirements at this meeting. Continuing education credits are applied for with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Arborist Association, California Certified Crop Adviser…
Avocado Industry Gets Pest Update at Recent Meeting
…meeting consisted of two roundtable discussions that growers were allowed to participate in. The first one centered on historical challenges with pest management such as pesticide resistance, along with new…
Entomologist Frank Zalom Delivers 2017 ARS B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture at ASHS Conference
…common goal of industrywide improvements in pest and pesticide management for individual crops such as almonds, tomatoes, strawberries, grapes, and olives. IPM benefits most from a transdisciplinary approach to developing…
EPA Mulling Options on Dicamba
The Environmental Protection Agency aims to allow farmers to use dicamba next year, but with additional rules in place. An EPA official in the agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs told…
SNAP Draws Strong Praise
…healthier foods and sharply boosts a child’s chance of graduating high school. But perhaps the most moving testimony came from Tulsa, Oklahoma resident Bryan Parker, who lost his job, his…
UC to Host Washington Forum on NAFTA Future
…of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the state of U.S.-Mexico relations. UC President Janet Napolitano and Alejandro Poiré, dean of the School of Social Sciences and Government at…
ROXY Rice Unveiled at Rice Field Day
…it needs to be registered,” Brim-DeForest said. “It will go through the Department of Pesticide Regulation here, so it’ll take a little while.” Listen to the interview below. Whitney Brim-DeForest…