The omnibus appropriations bill will fund several important agricultural areas. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report The omnibus spending bill that President Obama just signed to…
What Does Drought Declaration Mean for Farmers?
…will lead to massive land fallowing with severe reductions in agricultural production. With those major losses to agriculture, the state and local economies will see big downturns, and thousands of…
EPA Proposal for Cut to Corn Ethanol
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a 10-percent cut in how much corn ethanol will be in the Renewable Fuel Standard. Click to Open or Download Audio Report National Corn Growers…
Breaking News: Westlands Water District on Governor’s Declaration
…live and work in the communities dependent on the District’s agricultural economy. Earlier this week, the Governor met with local farmers and water agency managers to hear firsthand of the…
Breaking News: Governor Makes Official Drought Declaration
…dependent on agricultural employment will suffer heightened unemployment and economic hardship; animals and plants that rely on California’s rivers, including many species in danger of extinction, will be threatened; and…
FARM LEADER: Drought Declaration Calls Attention to Chronic Water Problems
…which is compounded by population growth, environmental regulations and now, by drought. “We don’t know if this is Year 3 of a three-year drought or Year 3 of a longer…
Hundreds Gather for Water Rally
…Mariposa Merced Mono Monterey Sacramento Santa Clara San Benito San Bernardino San Joaquin San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Stanislaus Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Agricultural operators in all counties designated as natural…
USDA Designates California Ag Counties for Drought Disaster Assistance
…emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). Counties that are contiguous to the primary disaster counties declared also qualify for USDA natural disaster assistance. The agency will consider…
BDCP Public Open House Meetings Begin This Week in Fresno and Bakersfield
…Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The public review and comment period will close on April 14, 2014. Learn more about the public review period…
Center for Produce Safety Announces Call for Research Proposals
…priorities endeavor to better understand risk potential and to develop more effective food safety management tools. Factors affecting human pathogen persistence, routes of produce contamination, agricultural water, and harvest and…
Water Professionals Gather to Discuss Water and Energy Efficiency
…regarding what the state of California intends to do. This bonus presentation has become a draw for many registering attendees at the 52nd annual conference of agricultural, urban and environmental…
Commerce Calif., Company to Spend More than $68,000 for Improperly Discharging Wastewater into the L.A. County Sewer System
LOS ANGELES–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Air Louvers will pay $43,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act. The Commerce, Calif. manufacturing company was found to be improperly…
EPA Awards more than $460,000 for environmental Projects along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Funds will be used towards reducing trash in the Tijuana River, vehicle emissions reduction strategies, recycling materials, and developing educational projects LOS ANGELES— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded…
CATA Comments on Governor Brown’s Budget Proposal Eliminating Agricultural Education Incentive Grant
In his 2014-15 State Budget released last week, Governor Brown proposed the complete elimination of funding for the Agricultural Education Incentive Grant, which supports high quality Agricultural Education standards in…
