…California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) 2016 Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) Program and State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). Altogether, funding covers a range of areas including…
$1.7 Million to Support Research at Tribal Colleges and Universities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $1.7 million in funding to build research capacity at land-grant tribal colleges and universities. Funding is…
White Rot Highlights Garlic and Onion Meeting
…a field, growers have to move to new ground. A majority of the research funding GORAB allocates goes to trials looking at finding a way to control the disease. Oregon…
State Agriculture Leaders Call Food Safety a Farm Bill Priority
…similar fashion to the 2014 farm bill, which took an extra year to finalize. Other priorities for NASDA focus on enhanced funding for invasive species programs, the Specialty Crop Block…
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
…(NSF), we are able to leverage funding and enhance partnership opportunities to propel us into the future of food and agricultural science.” “These studies will lead to a better understanding…
Rain Proves Need for Storage Projects Progress
…some progress. “We just need to get the funding in place and start moving forward with Temperance Flat and some of the other reservoirs that have been approved,” he said….
Trump Freezes EPA Grants and Communications
…EPA awards roughly $4 billion in grant funding each year. President Trump and his transition team have promised a reduction of regulatory grasp by the EPA, specifically targeting Clean Air…
USDA Grants California Over 5 Million for Citrus Greening Research
…nation’s citrus industry, citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB). UC Riverside will receive $5,112,000 of that funding for a program to design and identify bactericides that can cure…
CDFA Farm Bill Listening Sessions
…a robust farm safety net, promotes farming and ranching practices that are environmentally sound and provides important nutritional funding for our citizens. How our California Congressional delegation helps to shape…
Funding for Potato Breeding Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability of $1.85 million in funding for regional potato breeding research to support the development…
USDA Invests in Citrus Greening Research
…citrus greening disease, aka Huanglongbing. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “The…
Funding to Support Agriculture Programs at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced availability of $8.8 million in funding to support agricultural science education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The Hispanic-Serving…
Western Growers Supports Perdue Nomination
…priorities in areas such as trade, the farm bill, nutrition, research funding and the environment. On behalf of the nearly 2,500 Western Growers members who collectively grow more than half…
Funding to Support Agricultural Education at 1890s Land-grant Institutions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $18.9 million in funding for eligible 1890 land-grant colleges and universities to obtain or improve agricultural…