…crop forecast is set for Monday, March 10, 2015 at approximately 9:00 a.m. Pacific time. The March citrus crop forecast can be heard “Live” right here on AgNet West.com. February…
Vilsack Announces $30 Million to Fight Citrus Disease
…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….
USDA Video: USDA Week in Review February 6
…This edition of USDA Week In Review includes wide open work spaces, the Farm Bill’s anniversary and the new budget proposal. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=farmbill www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2015/02/0023.xml&contentidonly=true www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
California’s Three Largest Dairy Cooperatives Submit Proposal for California to Join the Federal Milk Marketing Order
…and in more than 50 foreign countries. For additional information on California Dairies, Inc., visit www.californiadairies.com. About Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a national…
Western Governors’ Drought Forum Webinar Series Begins on February 11
…on topics that have arisen during the first six months of the Drought Forum, the Chairman’s Initiative of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. In addition to providing a closer examination of…
California’s Diversity Reflected In Pesticide Outreach
…Spanish-speakers, doing about three presentations per year in Yuba and Sutter Counties. CAC staffers give out the leaflets upon request and during inspections. “I think it is important to provide…
USDA Designates 55 Counties in California as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
…Norte, Imperial and San Francisco counties in California also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous. Farmers and ranchers in the following counties and city in Arizona,…
NOW Traps Allow Longer Monitoring
Researchers are suggesting growers use two traps when monitoring for navel orangeworm. Using the classic egg traps alone has its limitations. NOW Traps Allow Longer Monitoring Pistachio growers are seeing…
National Agriculture Day: Poster and Poetry Contests Entries Being Accepted
…Farm Bureau at (831) 724-1356, Agri-Culture at (831) 722-6622 or email sccfb@sbcglobal.net or available on website: http://www.sccfb.com/content/poster-poetry-contest-deadline . They can be picked up at 141 Monte Vista Ave. in Watsonville….
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…said, its main goal was to help restore overdrafted groundwater supplies. Today, the district keeps tabs on groundwater levels by monitoring its wells. As a “conjunctive use” district, it relies…
USDA Announces the Availability of $16 Million to Support Food Production
…leadership for research, education and extension programs, NIFA focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people’s daily lives and the nation’s future. More information is at: www.nifa.usda.gov….
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion In Santa Clara County
…the insect and the disease. There is no cure once a tree becomes infected, the diseased tree will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. HLB…
USDA Invests $18 Million to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
…leadership for research, education and extension programs, NIFA focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people’s daily lives and the nation’s future. More information is at: www.nifa.usda.gov….
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review January 30
…In this edition of USDA Week In Review, tracking the snow, chipping in for rural economies, and exporting American agriculture. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.nrcs.usda.gov www.rd.usda.gov www.fas.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…