…Weekly with Sabrina Halvorson April 6, 2024: Jacqueline Heard, Founder and CEO, Enko 13:10 March 30, 2024: Policy for Prescribed Fires 13:44 March 23, 2024: Policy Expert Fran Miller 15:12…
Week in Review: Red Scale Season Late This Year & Basin Impacts of Storms
…state has once again declined in a recent report. The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act was introduced this session by a group of Senators looking to make changes to…
Organic Organizations to Provide $2.4 Million to Support Industry
…for the programs includes cooperative extension programs, higher education institutions, non-profit organizations, and U.S. government-affiliated research agencies. Both of the programs that are available from the organic organizations are currently…
Signups for Grassland CRP Open Through May 26
The application window for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is officially open. Farmers, ranchers, and private landowners will have until May 26 to sign up for the program from…
USDA Makes $20 Million Available to Improve Rural Broadband Services
…opportunity and helps build bright futures.” Several key priorities have been noted for the program. Improving infrastructure within rural communities and ensuring access to USDA Rural Development programs and benefits….
Taylor Leads USDA Trade Mission to the Netherlands
…USDA trade mission to the Netherlands with representatives from 41 agribusiness and farm organizations and 10 state departments of agriculture. Courtesy USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and…
VofV: Hernan Hernandez on Working to Give Farmworkers a Voice in Politics and Policy
On this episode of Voices of the Valley, Hernan Hernandez, Executive Director of the California Farmworker Foundation, shares his background about growing up in a farm community to becoming a…
‘Interesting to See’ How Wet Season Impacts Groundwater Basins
California’s wet water year could have some sizable implications when it comes to groundwater levels. Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, Mike Wade said it will take some…
AgNet Weekly: Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act
The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act was introduced this session by a group of Senators looking to make changes to agricultural checkoff programs. Vice President of Government Affairs with…
Herd Health Concerns Due to Flooding in Tulare County
…California State Board of Food and Agriculture. Executive Director of the Tulare County Farm Bureau, Tricia Stever Blattler detailed how thousands of dairy cows have been displaced by the March…
Federal Injunction Stops WOTUS Rule in Another 24 States
…Stopping WOTUS Rule in 24 States Second Judge Sides with Farmers by Halting WOTUS Rule photo credit: AFBF photo, Mike Tomko American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall calls a second…
Almond Matters: Remaining Vigilant with Alternaria Management
…as well. But Alternaria is the one that can come on really bad, especially in a year like this,” Burkdoll explained. Staying on top of fungicide programs is a critical…
Beginning Farm Operations Tend to be in the South and West
…proportion of beginning farms is more than one-third of the total farms. As of 2017, there were about 340,000 farms—with almost 900,000 operators—on which all operators were beginning farmers with…
California Represented in Netherlands Trade Mission
…will also be providing market briefings to attendees. The Netherlands and surrounding areas represent a growing opportunity for American farm and food products. Taylor explained that exports to the region…