In just four years, America’s top conservationists have enrolled 50 million acres in USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program . Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio Report It’s…
CA Dairyman Honored With Award
…conservation tillage. At the recent California Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting in Pasadena, he was honored with the Leopold Conservation award. Only eight people in eight states receive this award…
New Water Deal With Mexico: Imperial Says No
…its allotment during times of drought and low water levels in Lake Mead. The Los Angeles Metropolitan water agency, along with the Central Arizona Water Conservation District and the Southern…
Dairy Farmer Wins Leopold Award
Hanford dairyman Dino Giacomazzi has received the 2012 Leopold Conservation Award from the California Farm Bureau. He won the $10,000 prize for using conservation tillage on all his feed crops….
U.S. EPA Honors Dixon Ridge Farms
…organic and agricultural self-sufficiency, and promotes that potential to the farming community at large.” From renewable energy production to water conservation and reduced packaging, Dixon Ridge Farms has emerged as…
2012 Farm Bill: Farmers Pursue Air Quality Pgm
…Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service on projects that reduced emissions an estimated five tons per day—equivalent to removing more than 408,000 cars from California roads. “We’ve seen tremendous…