The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced grants to increase women and minority representation in the agricultural science workforce. Funding is made…
Celebrating National Bologna Day
…Midwest, and Appalachia. I’m Cathy Isom… Image credits: (top left) Sliced bologna/By Glane23 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (bottom right) Ring bologna/By Ll1324 – Own work, CC0, Link…
USDA Offers Help to California Agriculture
…those interested in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to enable recovery work to begin immediately. Meanwhile, the Farm Service Agency and Risk Management Agency in California will meet farmers and…
Seven Northern California Counties Affected by Wildfires to receive D-SNAP
…(http://www.cdss.ca.gov). USDA’sFNSS administers 15 nutrition assistance programs, including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Special…
Wildfire Recovery Resources Listed on CDFA Web Page
…administered by EDD that provides temporary unemployment benefits to people whose jobs or work hours were directly impacted by the fires. The USDA has multiple agencies that provide financial and/or…
Watching Out for Black-Hearted Pomegranates
…inside the arils are black and rotted. Ben Faber, UC Farm Advisor working in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, noted the disease is particularly troubling because it “produces a beautiful…
Brazil’s JBS Suspending Work at Seven Facilities
…of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Tax Irregularities. The Commission was installed after former CEO Wesley Batista revealed in his plea bargain testimony to prosecutors earlier this year that…
Legislation Against Farm Bill Cuts a Non-Starter
Senator Pat Roberts says there will not be a vote on a proposal to protect the farm bill from budget cuts. The Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman says the Senate will…
Farmers in Wildfire Zones Assess Impact
…a lot of machinery from around the state to come in and get this done this week,” he said. “We’ve looked to other vineyard management companies around the state, just…
NRCS Streamlining EQIP Applications for Fire Recovery
…assists communities with rebuilding efforts following imminent hazards to life and property caused by natural disasters. Through the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program, NRCS works with local government entities and…
Walnut Raisin Prune Report, State Summary 2016 Crop Year
…This figure does not include walnuts produced by the handler or purchased from other handlers. The tonnage produced by the handler plus tonnage purchased from producers for the 2016 walnut…
SNAP Recipients Affected by Northern California Wildfires Receive USDA Relief
…School Breakfast programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Summer Food Service Program, WIC, and SNAP, which together comprise America’s nutrition safety net. For more information, visit www.fns.usda.gov….
CDFA and DWR Award Grant to Improve Water Efficiency
…improvements made to water delivery systems will assist in bringing surface water to farming operations that rely completely on groundwater for irrigation, easing demands on local water basins that have…
Almond Board: Almond Map
The Almond Board of California (ABC) has invested in a comprehensive mapping analysis to improve the precision, accuracy and transparency of information about the almond community. The maps, developed in…