USDA Provides $57.9 Million to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases through the 2014 Farm Bill Section 10007

Dan Citrus, Cotton, Environment, Field & Row Crops, Forage Crops, General, Grain, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Tree, nut & vine crops, Vegetables

…conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit www.aphis.usda.gov/farmbill….

USDA Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs

Dan Aquaculture, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy & Livestock, Field & Row Crops, Forage Crops, General, Grain, Hogs & Pork, Industry News Release, Poultry, Sheep, Special Reports, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Tree, nut & vine crops, Vegetables

…conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill….

Free Bird-Friendly Farming Workshops

Taylor Hillman General

…and farmers: Short-term flooding of fields in summer, No-till, no-chop rice fields, Post-harvest residue management of corn fields, Winter flooding of corn fields with staggered flood-up, Winter flooding of fields…

Fruit & Nut Review

Taylor Hillman Citrus, Tree, nut & vine crops

…earlier than last year. Growers completed spraying and pruning by the end of March. In California, pear harvest began in the Sacramento-San Joaquin region the first week of July, similar…

USDA Invests $18 Million to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

Dan Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy & Livestock, Field & Row Crops, Forage Crops, General, Grain, Hogs & Pork, Industry News Release, Poultry, Special Reports, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Tree, nut & vine crops, Vegetables

…strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community…

USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants

Taylor Hillman General

…rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life….

WUD, NRCS, and Audubon California Working Together

Taylor Hillman General

…has declined, the birds have established large nesting colonies in triticale, the plant that dairymen feed their cows. Unfortunately, harvest season coincides with the birds’ nesting season. When these fields…