Courtesy: WAPA Water Leaders Form Partnership to Look at Temperance Flat Dam and Reservoir Feasibility Central Valley water and agriculture groups say the Temperance Flat Dam and Reservoir project took…
EPA Proposes Protection from Selenium
…“Reducing selenium in the San Francisco Bay and Delta will benefit the wildlife that are part of this critical ecosystem,” said Alexis Strauss, EPA’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific…
Air Quality Incentives Available
…conservation treatments for this initiative include replacing old, high-polluting off-road mobile farm equipment with newer, cleaner models and transitioning to cleaner irrigation pump engines and electric motors. More information is…
Opening Markets for Almond Hulls
…feed prices are pretty expensive so this would actually be a good partnership to send hulls to China and reduce the surplus of hulls here in California.” Establishing a market…
Pacific Region Egg and Poultry Report
…earlier. The April turkey price at 83.2 cents per pound is up 4.3 cents from March and up 13.0 cents from April 2015. Pacific Region Poultry Report (.pdf) full report….
Pacific Region Cattle and Livestock Review
…from previous year. Pacific Region Commercial Slaughter California’s production of red meat during May 2016 totaled 106 million pounds (dressed weight), 3 percent above than May 2015. This figure includes…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
…President Obama will continue to hold our trading partners accountable, particularly those with whom we’re preparing to deepen our trade ties, such as Trans-Pacific Partnership members.” Thomas Suber President, U.S….
Agri View: Pork Exports
…competition and a stronger U.S. dollar,” said Becca Nepple, vice president of international marketing for the Pork Checkoff. “The Checkoff is committed to bolstering its partnership with international customers through…
Climate Smart Israel – Visiting the ‘Financial Innovations Lab’
…travels through Israel neared their conclusion, our delegation participated in the Financial Innovations Lab of the California-Israel Global Innovation Partnership, sponsored by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies Milken Innovation…
USDA Announces Key Measures to Improve Pollinator Health
USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program Currently Provides 15 Million Acres of Healthy Forage for Pollinators, and New Partnership Will Ensure Additional High-Quality Habitat in the Future During National Pollinator Week and…
Almond Board: Pollinator Week
…food security and, specific to almonds, the vital partnership between growing almonds and honey bees. Almond growers know, understand and value this relationship which plays out each year in pollinating…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…Pacific Southwest. “It is extremely important that first aid and hazard statements are clearly visible.” FIFRA authorizes EPA to review and register pesticides for specified uses, to regulate safe storage…
Pacific Region Fruit and Nut Review
…grown in California. The production forecast is based on a survey of dried plum growers conducted by the USDA, NASS, Pacific Regional Office from May 12-31, 2016. The 2016 dried…
NMPF Endorses Creating Tax Incentive Legislation
…value of nutrient recovery technologies, which can transform manure into fertilizer for crops and bedding for cows. This bill will help dairy farmers to utilize these new, often expensive technologies…