…industry guide for best management practices for bee health. Almond Board Specialist for Environmental Affairs, Danielle Veenstra tells us more about it. She says there are two parts to the…
USDA Announces Grants to Help Veterans and Minority Farmers Get Started in Agriculture
…— 1890 Land Grant Institutions, 1994 Land Grant Institutions, American Indian Tribal community colleges and Alaska Native cooperative colleges, Hispanic-serving and other institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations,…
USDA Video: Week In Review July 25
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information go to: http://www.usda.gov http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/n… http://www.fs.fed.us/…
USDA Selects 36 Energy Facilities to Accept Biomass Deliveries
…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….
Disaster Assistance for 2012 Frost or Freeze Fruit Crop Losses Announced
…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….
Help for Rural Californians Suffering Through Drought
…water is constantly on her mind. Fortunately, USDA is able to help this community, and 73,000 residents living in other communities across California, through $9.7 million in grants to help…
Lady Gaga Joins California Water Conservation Effort
…users and suppliers, including prohibitions on outdoor irrigation more than two days per week, washing hardscapes, sidewalks and driveways with water and using hoses without shutoff nozzles to wash cars….
USDA Website for New Farmers
…new website aims to help producers learn about farm bill programs that may help them out. Sabrina Hill has more. Website for New Farmers The website is located at www.usda.gov/newfarmers….
USDA Video: USDA Week in Review July 11
…at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. – Repairing America’s Transportation Infrastructure – Trading Organics with Korea – And housing for farm labor workers. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/u… http://www.dot.gov/grow-america/fact-… http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/NOPTr… http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/mfh/de……
Almond Food Safety Symposium Coming Up
…Quality Assurance and Industry Services Tim Birmingham. Almond Food Safety Symposium The Almond Food Quality and Safety Symposium is July 23 in Lodi. You can get more information at www.almondboard.com….
Proposed New Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary – Mendocino County
…quarantine boundary appeals. If interested in receiving notifications, please sign up for regulatory updates through the email notification ListServ at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/subscriptions/index.html#planthealth. For questions regarding the regulations or map, please email…
Almond Board: Time to Register for Almond Conference
…Jenny Nicalou, Senior Specialist of Industry Relations for the Almond Board of California tells us more. Register online at AlmondConference.com. Get more from the Almond Board of California at AlmondBoard.com….
PG&E Hosting Energy Workshop
…to take back to their employee trainings. If you can’t make the meeting and would like the information, email Brenda Baldwin at blp6@pge.com View the event flyer with details here….
USDA FSA Announces Online Hay and Grazing Acres Locator Tool
…acres available for grazing. If, due to extenuating circumstances, producers are in need of hay and/or grazing acres to support livestock, please use Hay Net to post an advertisement seeking…