Dolcini Val Dolcini has been selected to serve as the new Farm Service Agency Administrator. Dolcini currently serves as the California FSA state executive director. He was appointed to that…
USDA Announces New Risk Management Program for Dairy Farmers
Vilsack This morning, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the start of a new risk management program for dairy farmers, known as the Dairy Margin Protection Program. Vilsack announces program for…
USDA Statistics Confirm Almonds Number One
…one for awhile due to good research and the nuts versatility as a milk and butter product. Read the Washington Post blog here. For more about California Almonds head to…
Enrollment for New Dairy Farm Risk Management Program to Begin Sept. 2
…Protection Program final rule will be published in the Federal Register on Aug. 29, 2014. The Farm Service Agency (FSA), which administers the program, also will open a 60-day public…
EPA Finally Hands Over Maps Detailing the Extent of their WOTUS Proposal
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology released maps today of waters and wetlands the Environmental Protection Agency has to-date refrained from making public. After multiple requests, the Agency…
Drought Lessons from a Sheep Rancher
…and researchers at UC Davis are paying attention. After dumping ash from a weekend cookout in his backyard, Mel Thompson noticed the grass grew a little better. On the advice…
California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Climate Change and CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…Jr.; Sandra Schubert, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Kerri Steenwerth, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Barbara Allen-Diaz, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Jeanne Merrill, California Climate…
Funding Focused on ACP Biological Control
…Asian citrus psyllid. The insect primarily feeds on the psyllid, and researchers are continuing to look into how effective they can be. Chief Operating Officer of the Citrus Research and…
Resources Not a Limiting Factor in HLB Fight
Researchers say that Florida citrus growers are having success with planting new trees and surviving the Huanglongbing disaster. AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman has more on the possibly good news for…
CDFA Releases Draft Statewide Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program EIR, Announces Public Meetings
The California Department of Food and Agriculture, in accordance with CEQA guidelines, has released the draft Statewide Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The draft Program…
Draft Program Environmental Impact Report
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is circulating a Draft Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Statewide Plant Pest and Management Program for a 45-day public review and comment…
HLB Funding Showing Results
…of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation Dr. Harold Browning spoke about how well integrated funding is expediting the process of seeing relief in the field. Dr. Browning agreed with…
Finding Extra Money in Beef
…Respiratory Disease, or BRD, will do just that. Holly Neibergs with Washington State University explains. Currently, in a multi-university, 5-year study, researchers from several disciplines are looking at BRD. They…
USDA To Measure Small Grain Production
…agency is taking an in-depth look into the 2014 production and supply of small grains, which include wheat, oats and barley. “The small grains industry is a major component of…
