…aim at the measure’s inclusion of certain rural development programs, including the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and wastewater and housing grants, which the White House wants eliminated. From the National Association…
Is Subsurface Drip Irrigation the Way to Go?
Researchers at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) are encountering positive results using subsurface drip irrigation in some of their fruit trials. Historically, growers have not been big…
Help Texas Agriculture Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
…has been destroyed. According to estimates coming from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, losses from Harvey will reduce the expected two million bale harvest by as much as 400,000…
NIFA Support for Food and Agricultural National Needs Fellowship Grants Program
…education, and extension that solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative science directly support the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…competitive grants program that provides funding for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences. AFRI’s Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education…
Google Helps Santa Clara County 4-H
…be set up at festivals and fairs in order to reach even more young people. Santa Clara County UC Cooperative Extension 4-H has formed a team to lead the program….
Almond Board: Internship at the Almond Board
…California Cooperative Extension, offers an internship opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students and recent alumni in the agricultural and biological sciences. The paid internship offers the opportunity to learn about…
Disease Resistant Strawberry Research Gets Funding Boost
…there is an urgent need for improved, disease-resistant strawberry varieties that will thrive without fumigation,” Knapp said. Knapp will head a team of scientists from UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz,…
NIFA Invests $35 Million in Specialty Crop Research
…on these projects is available on the NIFA website. NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research, education, and extension that solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative…
Producers Receive Favorable Decisions on Regulatory Matters
…the much criticized WOTUS rule. Extension The Obama Administration proposed a sweeping expansion of EPA permitting authority over waterways, including upstream waters and intermittent and ephemeral streams that farmers use…
Dicamba Damage Reports Still Climbing
…Through state departments of agriculture surveys, at least 2,242 official investigations have taken place up through August 10th. Estimates from state weed extension experts show suspected dicamba damage totals 3.1…
Laurel Wilt Experts Caution California Avocado Industry
The California avocado industry probed Florida laurel wilt disease experts at the final installment of the 2017 Avocado Growers Seminar Series, sponsored by the California Avocado Commission, U.C. Cooperative Extension,…
Ports Contract Eases Trade Concerns
A contract agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association has eased trade concerns. The two ratified a three-year extension to the labor contract for…
Funding to Encourage SNAP Participants to Purchase Healthy Foods
…low-income Americans bring home healthier food while supporting family farmers and growing local economies. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve…