…the target audience Are located in underserved communities, particularly Promise Zones and StrikeForce communities. All FINI projects must (1) have the support of a state SNAP agency; (2) increase the…
USDA Announces 2014-Crop Sugar Loan Rates and FY 2015 Sugar Program Provisions
…as full payment for the loan at maturity. USDA’s Farm Service Agency is administering sugar nonrecourse loans on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the 2014 crop. Sugar and…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Unveils Key New Risk Management Programs
…ended direct payments. Both programs offer farmers protection when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices and/or revenues. Producers will have through early spring of 2015 to select which…
Obama Administration Launches Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture
The Obama Administration today announced the launch of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, a new effort to promote greater international engagement on ways agriculture can help mitigate the…
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Formation of the New Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture
Vilsack The Obama Administration today announced the launch of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, a new effort to promote greater international engagement on ways agriculture can help mitigate…
USDA to Collect Data on Chemicals Applied to Vegetables
…be kept completely confidential, as required by federal law. The results of the Vegetable Chemical Use Survey will be released on the NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/ on August 5, 2015….
Counties Applying for Drought Assistance Grants
At the recent Agriculture Policy Committee Meeting in Tulare County, Associate Director of Tulare County Resource Management Agency Mike Spata was asked to present on several issues. One announcement he…
California Farm Service Agency Deadline for Livestock Forage Program (LFP)
…be eligible for benefits but have not yet contacted their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office should do so as soon as possible. The Budget Control Act passed by Congress…
California’s Fertilizer Research Conference Comes to Modesto October 29-30, 2014
…educational outreach by communicating the application of fertilizing materials on agricultural lands for food production and the use of those materials in consideration of existing environmental issues. The conference is…
NRCS Selects California Projects for National Conservation Innovation Grants
…2014 CIG recipient,” said Bruce Scott, chairman. “We have been actively engaged in the TMDL process over the past 12 years. This project addresses a way for individual agricultural operators…
Ag Leaders On Hand as Governor Brown Signs Landmark Groundwater Legislation
…for sustainable, local groundwater management for the first time in California history. The legislation allows local agencies to tailor sustainable groundwater plans to their regional economic and environmental needs. A…
Governor Signs First California Groundwater Rules
…years to create a groundwater sustainability agency, which in turn has up to five years to develop a plan for managing wells and pumping. The state Water Resources Control Board…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
…private lands and improving the environment.” The grants announced today are funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Grantees must work with producers and forestland owners to develop and demonstrate…
Cattlemen’s Association President Talks CA Water
California Cattlemen’s Association President Tim Koopman weighed in on the blocking of the Waters of the U.S. rule and how it seemed like an overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency….
