…of Southern Asia and neighboring islands, including Sri Lanka and Taiwan. It is also found in Hawaii. Residents with questions about the project may call CDFA’s Pest Hotline at 1-800-491-1899….
USDA Energy Biomass Retrieval Incentives
…Crop Assistance Program also provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who produce new sources of energy biomass by growing eligible crops on contract acres within approved BCAP project areas….
Obama Administration Assists Communities in Building Local Food Systems to Foster Economic Growth
…Many of these projects can be found on the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass. Searchable by state, zip code, project type and funding program, the Know Your Farmer,…
Pest Pressures at Midseason Cotton Update
This slideshow requires JavaScript. A midseason cotton update brought Central Valley growers together to talk about an unpredictable season so far. The San Joaquin Sustainable Farming Project held its midseason…
USDA Announces New Tool to Monitor Dams, Keep Communities Safe
…DamWatch will help watershed project sponsors monitor and manage dams that were built with assistance from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). By monitoring these structures, project sponsors can better…
Microbiomes Changing Food Safety Monitoring
…a good analogy. How The Project Works Rodrigue says businesses and growers can take huge hits when it comes to branding and marketing when these events happen, and the project…
USDA Seeks Applications for Loans and Grants to Support Rural Economic Development
…390 projects that help very small business enterprises. For example, in 2014, Rural Development awarded a $500,000 loan and a $105,000 grant to the Midcoast Council of Governments (MCOG) in…
Nitrate Cleaning Woodchip Bioreactor
…researching a very simple way of cleaning nitrates out of used irrigation water. Engineer G.W. Bates explains how it works and what the project might lead to in the future….
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Provide Development Support to Rural Cooperatives
…available to non-profit corporations and institutions of higher education through the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program. “Cooperative organizations are important catalysts for economic growth and job creation in rural…
Almond Board: Pollinator Report and Honey Bees
In today’s Almond Update, we learn more about the White House Pollinator Report from Project Apis m. Executive Director Christi Heintz. Sabrina Hill reports. Almond Update 6-11-15 For more on…
Westlands Urges Reclamation to Comply With ESA Regarding Releases to the Trinity River
…Reservoir to protect cold water temperatures, which could further diminish Central Valley Project water supplies for farms and cities. The need for these potential restrictions would have been ameliorated, at…
Guava Fruit Fly Quarantine in Portion of Los Angeles County
…can damage a wide variety of tree fruits. The eradication project is designed to protect our state’s backyard and farm trees including guava, apple, fig, jujube, orange, papaya, peach and…
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Socially-Disadvantaged Producers
…the governing body of the organization must be compromised of individuals who are members of socially-disadvantaged groups. USDA Rural Development is encouraging applications for projects in census tracts with poverty…
Orchard Assessment Project Looking at Bigger Picture
…the project that was originally funded by the Almond Board of California, and says a true assessment of an orchard should look at a much bigger picture. Orchard Assessment Project…