…Eating on a Budget section of ChooseMyPlate.gov will learn ways to plan, purchase, and prepare healthy meals. The new web pages provide families with tips and strategies to help save…
Farmers and Ranchers Get Help with the Click of a Mouse
A USDA agency spruces up its website and boasts a new link to help farmers and ranchers improve the land they own or lease. Susan Carter reports. Farmers and Ranchers…
Groundwater Discussions at CDFA Meeting
…climate change resiliency.” In January, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the California Water Action Plan outlining…
Farm Leader Calls for Quick Negotiations on Drought Bills
…are causing widespread suffering for California family farmers and those who depend on them for jobs and environmental stewardship. Now that each house has passed drought measures, we need to…
USDA Unrolling New Crop Insurance Policy Option
The USDA is unrolling a new crop insurance policy option, thanks to the 2014 Farm Bill. Called the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Policy, it will provide flexible coverage options for…
“Split the Baby” Approach Could Stymie Ethanol Industry
…years or worse. Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis says the ethanol industry fears the EPA is going down the wrong road away from U.S. energy independent. “Split the Baby” Approach…
Senate Version of FY15 Ag Appropriations Moves On
Rod Bain The full Senate Appropriations Committee approved their version of the 2015 Fiscal Year funding for USDA and the Food and Drug Administration. Rod Bain has the report. Senate…
Passage of the Emergency Drought Relief Act
…and economic impacts of drought and restrictions imposed on operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project under the Endangered Species Act and other federal regulations. The fact…
Raisin Growth Due to Marketing Order
The federal marketing order in the raisin industry was enacted over 60 years ago and can call for growers to set aside a portion of their crop. When that reserve…
The Almond Board Holds 11th Annual Environmental Stewardship Tour
The Almond Board recently held its 11th annual environmental stewardship tour. It’s a chance for industry regulators to visit an almond grower and learn more about the issues the industry…
AgNeTVideo: Jim Jasper, Stewart & Jasper Orchards
…organizations at the tour, such as the EPA, NRCS, pesticide regulation and more. This year, the tour was held at Stewart and Jaspar Orchards in Newman. Owner Jim Jaspar talks…
U.S. Forest Service Increases its Firefighting Aircraft Fleet as Fire Season Begins
…months before the end of the fiscal year. In its 2015 budget proposal, the Obama Administration proposed a special disaster relief cap adjustment for use when costs of fighting fires…
UC Davis Study Determines Preliminary Findings of Economic Impact of Drought in Central Valley
…Davis researchers used computer models and the latest estimates of State Water Project, federal Central Valley Project and local water deliveries and groundwater pumping capacities to forecast the economic effects…
ARC and PLC Program Fruit, Vegetable and Wild Rice Provisions
(Davis, CA) – May 19, 2014 – USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced fruit, vegetable and wild rice provisions that affect producers who intend to participate in certain programs…
