USDA Rolls Out Strong New Partnered Conservation Program

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…concerns for which applications will be accepted. These are soil health, water quality, air quality, water quantity, habitat degradation for at-risk species, inefficient energy use, forest health, and rangeland health…

USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs

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…University, Montana State University, Watts & Associates, Delaware State University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, North Carolina A&T University, University of Wisconsin, Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, Ohio State…

USDA, Partners Usher In a New Era In Conservation

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…Farm Bill, which authorized USDA to create the new conservation program. “This is an entirely new approach to conservation,” said Vilsack. “We’re giving private companies, local communities, and other non-government…

USDA Launches New Resources at ChooseMyPlate.gov to Help Cost-Conscious Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices

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…food. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and supplemental foods to infants, young children, and pregnant, breastfeeding and post-partum women…

Groundwater Discussions at CDFA Meeting

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…Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 ‘N’ Street – Main Auditorium, Sacramento, CA 95814. “Groundwater, especially in times of drought, is critically important to California and the long-term viability of…

USDA Video: This Week @ USDA May 23

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A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/u… http://www.fs.fed.us/ http://www.usda.gov/oce/weather/ http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html…

Huanglongbing Disease Looming Over California

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…Looming Over California Huanglongbing disease is spreading fast in Mexico, but as CDFA Citrus Program Manager, Victoria Hornbaker explains, there is a buffer-zone system in place along our borders.  …