…Board of California (ABC) and designed in partnership with University of California irrigation experts and consulting firm SureHarvest, this online calculator ensures that grower irrigation schedules are based on local…
EPA Announces Award to Protect Northern California Watersheds
…of acres of healthy watersheds in Northern California. Awarded in partnership with the non-profit U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, these funds are part of $1.4 million in grants for…
NPPC President Weber Talks Exports, TPP on Capital Hill
U.S. Pork Needs Exports; TPP Would Boost Them The U.S. pork industry must continue to grow its exports and do so through free trade agreements such as the pending Trans-Pacific…
NMPF Chairman Mooney Speaks on Capital Hill
…the enactment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. “NMPF supports TPP. We believe this agreement could deliver important benefits to U.S. dairy farmers provided that it’s properly implemented and enforced,” Mooney…
Attorney Comments on Ruling in Duarte/WOTUS Lawsuit
…that has a nexus to another body of water – even if the nexus is dry – is regulated as navigable water. Tony Francois with the Pacific Legal Foundation is…
Perfect Storm Leaves California Prunes Short
…acreage 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 to May 31,…
Two Southern California Firms Honored
…we work and live,” said Alexis Strauss, EPA’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “EPA congratulates Verdezyne and Newlight Technologies for creating sustainable solutions which spur innovation and economic…
State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program Assistance Workshops
…to complete SWEEP applications. Technical Assistance is made available through a partnership between CDFA and the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service to achieve the mutual objective of providing technical assistance…
Crop Production Report
The USDA-NASS, Pacific Regional Office released the crop production forecast for June. The latest survey, conducted during the last week of May 2016, and the first week of June 2016,…
New Facility Proves HLB/ACP Seriousness
…be used by researchers to fight a disease devastating the citrus industry. The research partnership aims to protect California’s $3.3 billion citrus industry from Huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening…
California Dried Plum (Prune) Forecast
…dried plum acreage 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….
2016 GEELA Awards
…organizations, and businesses that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made notable, voluntary contributions in conserving California’s precious resources, protecting and enhancing our environment, building public-private partnerships and strengthening the state’s…
Pacific Region, Poultry Report
California Egg Production California’s egg production during April totaled 291 million, down 6 million from March’s production but up 22 million from April 2015. The all layers during the month…
California Livestock Review
…April, 15 percent above from previous year. Pacific Region Commercial Slaughter California’s production of red meat during April 2016 totaled 102 million pounds (dressed weight), 5 percent below than April…